Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Starry Pipewort

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Eriocaulon stellulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Starry Pipewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Eriocaulon
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Eriocaulon stellulatum

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starry Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Starry Pipewort
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.

Starry Pipewort

Habitat

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