Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Mackay's heath

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Erica mackayana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Mackay's heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Erica
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Erica mackayana

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mackay's heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Mackay's heath
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.

Mackay's heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.