Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Prickly Heath

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Gaultheria
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.