Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Rusty Crust

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Skeletocutis amorpha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rusty Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Skeletocutis
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Skeletocutis amorpha

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rusty Crust
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.

Rusty Crust

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.