Lesser Sac-winged Bat vs Pencil flower

Saccopteryx leptura compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Emballonuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Saccopteryx	Stylosanthes
Species	Saccopteryx leptura	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).