Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Thrip

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thrip
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Thripidae
Genus	Diphylla	Hercinothrips
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and Thrip share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thrip
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.

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).