Little White-shouldered Bat vs Nutgrass

Ametrida centurio compared with Cyperus rotundus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Little White-shouldered Bat	Nutgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Ametrida	Cyperus
Species	Ametrida centurio	Cyperus rotundus

Conservation Status

Little White-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nutgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Little White-shouldered Bat	Nutgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Little White-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Nutgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (7 countries).