Lesser Sac-winged Bat vs utile

Saccopteryx leptura compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Lesser Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Saccopteryx	Entandrophragma
Species	Saccopteryx leptura	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Sac-winged Bat	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.