Lesser Spear-nosed Bat vs wild safflower

Phyllostomus elongatus compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Lesser Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat	wild safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Phyllostomus	Carthamus
Species	Phyllostomus elongatus	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Spear-nosed Bat	wild safflower
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.

wild safflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.