Heller's Broad-nosed Bat vs Sickle Medick

Platyrrhinus helleri compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Sickle Medick
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	Platyrrhinus	Medicago
Species	Platyrrhinus helleri	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).