Handley's Nectar Bat vs Light-blue snakeweed

Lonchophylla handleyi compared with Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Handley's Nectar Bat	Light-blue snakeweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Stachytarpheta
Species	Lonchophylla handleyi	Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Handley's Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Light-blue snakeweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Handley's Nectar Bat	Light-blue snakeweed
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.

Light-blue snakeweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and flooded grasslands and savannas. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (13 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela).