Pale Spear-nosed Bat vs utile

Phyllostomus discolor compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Pale Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pale Spear-nosed Bat	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Phyllostomus	Entandrophragma
Species	Phyllostomus discolor	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pale Spear-nosed Bat	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.