Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Raphia Palm

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Raphia farinifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Raphia Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Raphia
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Raphia farinifera

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Raphia Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Raphia Palm
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.

Raphia Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cameroon, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles.