Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs Shrubby Orache

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Atriplex halimus

Key Differences

• Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened while Shrubby Orache is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Shrubby Orache
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Rhinophylla	Atriplex
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Atriplex halimus

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Shrubby Orache

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Shrubby Orache
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.

Shrubby Orache

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Iraq) and Europe (6 countries).