Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Rose Rust

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Phragmidium mucronatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rose Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Phragmidiaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Phragmidium
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Phragmidium mucronatum

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rose Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rose Rust
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.

Rose Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).