Lesser Spear-nosed Bat vs umkokolo

Phyllostomus elongatus compared with Dovyalis caffra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Phyllostomus	Dovyalis
Species	Phyllostomus elongatus	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat	umkokolo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits 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 (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).