Heller's Broad-nosed Bat vs Punktree

Platyrrhinus helleri compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Punktree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Platyrrhinus	Melaleuca
Species	Platyrrhinus helleri	Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Punktree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Punktree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Punktree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).