Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs long yam

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Dioscorea
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.