Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs true senna

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

• Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened while true senna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	true senna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Rhinophylla	Senna
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Senna alexandrina

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	true senna
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.

true senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador