Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Tuberous vervain

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Verbena rigida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Tuberous vervain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Verbena
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Verbena rigida

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tuberous vervain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Tuberous vervain
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.

Tuberous vervain

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Rwanda, Zimbabwe), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).