Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Murex

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Medicago murex

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Murex
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Medicago
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Medicago murex

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Murex

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Murex
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.

Murex

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (6 countries).