Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Mikrosyphar polysiphoniae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ectocarpales (Ectocarpales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Chordariaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Mikrosyphar
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Mikrosyphar polysiphoniae

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mikrosyphar polysiphoniae is a small, endophytic brown alga in the order Ectocarpales that parasitizes red algae in the genus Polysiphonia. It penetrates into the cortical tissue of its host, forming small pustules visible on the host thallus surface. Assessed as Least Concern, it is found in temperate coastal marine environments in the Northern Hemisphere.