Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Pitaya

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Echinocereus enneacanthus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Pitaya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Echinocereus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Echinocereus enneacanthus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pitaya

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Pitaya
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.

Pitaya

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.