Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs iron-grass

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Spermacoce confusa

Key Differences

• Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened while iron-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	iron-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Rhinophylla	Spermacoce
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Spermacoce confusa

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	iron-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia