Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Thatching grass

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thatching 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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thatching 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.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).