Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat vs Lantana

Platyrrhinus ismaeli compared with Lantana camara

Key Differences

• Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat is Vulnerable while Lantana is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat	Lantana
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	Platyrrhinus	Lantana
Species	Platyrrhinus ismaeli	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat	Lantana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia