Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Red Balau

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Shorea collina

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while Red Balau is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Shorea
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Shorea collina

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Red Balau
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.

Red Balau

Habitat

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