Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs true senna

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	true senna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Senna
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Senna alexandrina

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	true senna
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.

true senna

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador