Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Redclaw

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Parastacidae
Genus	Diphylla	Cherax
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Redclaw
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.

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador