Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs nut scale

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Eulecanium tiliae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	nut scale
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Coccidae
Genus	Diphylla	Eulecanium
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Eulecanium tiliae

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and nut scale share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

nut scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	nut scale
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.

nut scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).