Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Thrips

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Aptinothrips stylifer

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thrips
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	Aptinothrips
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Aptinothrips stylifer

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Thrips
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.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.