Handley's Nectar Bat vs 'Ihi

Lonchophylla handleyi compared with Oxalis corniculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Handley's Nectar Bat	'Ihi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Oxalis
Species	Lonchophylla handleyi	Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Handley's Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Handley's Nectar Bat	'Ihi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Handley's Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).