Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs mountain melick

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Diphylla	Melica
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	mountain melick
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.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.