Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Pomelo

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Citrus maxima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Pomelo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Citrus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Citrus maxima

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pomelo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Pomelo
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.

Pomelo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Laos, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador