MacConnell's Bat vs Pencil flower

Mesophylla macconnelli compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	MacConnell's 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	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Mesophylla	Stylosanthes
Species	Mesophylla macconnelli	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

MacConnell's Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	MacConnell's Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

MacConnell's 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).