Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Sphingobium
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae, renowned for its ability to degrade pentachlorophenol (PCP), a persistent organochlorine pollutant. It inhabits soil and water environments contaminated with chlorophenolic compounds and is a candidate for bioremediation applications. Its conservation status is not evaluated.