Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat vs Sieva bean

Platyrrhinus ismaeli compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat	Sieva bean
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	Phaseolus
Species	Platyrrhinus ismaeli	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ismael's Broad-nosed Bat	Sieva bean
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.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia