Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats vs Sieva bean

Sturnira perla compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats is Data Deficient while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats	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	Sturnira	Phaseolus
Species	Sturnira perla	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

DD — Data Deficient

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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).