Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs marsh thistle

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Cirsium palustre

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	marsh thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Diphylla	Cirsium
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Cirsium palustre

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	marsh thistle
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.

marsh thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).