Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs Meskhetian Psephellus

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Psephellus meskheticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Meskhetian Psephellus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rhinophylla	Psephellus
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Psephellus meskheticus

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Meskhetian Psephellus

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Meskhetian Psephellus
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.

Meskhetian Psephellus

Habitat

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