Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Streamside Swordfern

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Nephrolepis
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia