Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats vs stinking goosefoot

Sturnira perla compared with Chenopodium vulvaria

Key Differences

• Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats is Data Deficient while stinking goosefoot is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats	stinking goosefoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Chenopodium
Species	Sturnira perla	Chenopodium vulvaria

Conservation Status

Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats

DD — Data Deficient

stinking goosefoot

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Perla Yellow-shouldered Bats	stinking goosefoot
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.

stinking goosefoot

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.