Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs rough-leaf hydrangea

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Hydrangea aspera

Key Differences

• Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened while rough-leaf hydrangea is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	rough-leaf hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cornales (Cornales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Rhinophylla	Hydrangea
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Hydrangea aspera

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

rough-leaf hydrangea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	rough-leaf hydrangea
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.

rough-leaf hydrangea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.