Heller's Broad-nosed Bat vs Starfruit

Platyrrhinus helleri compared with Damasonium alisma

Key Differences

• Heller's Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern while Starfruit is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Platyrrhinus	Damasonium
Species	Platyrrhinus helleri	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Egypt and Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.