Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Meskhetian Psephellus

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Psephellus meskheticus

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while Meskhetian Psephellus is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Meskhetian Psephellus
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	Psephellus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Psephellus meskheticus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Meskhetian Psephellus

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Meskhetian Psephellus
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.

Meskhetian Psephellus

Habitat

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