Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat vs Sieva bean

Vampyressa melissa compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat is Vulnerable while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat	Sieva bean
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	Vampyressa	Phaseolus
Species	Vampyressa melissa	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and 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 (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia