Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs milkweed

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while milkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Gomphocarpus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	milkweed
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.

milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).