Handley's Nectar Bat vs tropical flat sedge

Lonchophylla handleyi compared with Cyperus surinamensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Handley's Nectar Bat	tropical flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Cyperus
Species	Lonchophylla handleyi	Cyperus surinamensis

Conservation Status

Handley's Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Handley's Nectar Bat	tropical flat sedge
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.

tropical flat sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).