Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs pliant lettuce

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Lactuca viminea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	pliant lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Diphylla	Lactuca
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Lactuca viminea

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

pliant lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	pliant lettuce
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.

pliant lettuce

Habitat

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