Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs scratch grass

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while scratch grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	scratch grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Diphylla	Muhlenbergia
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

scratch grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	scratch grass
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.

scratch grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.