Dark Firefly vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Pyropyga nigricans compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark Firefly	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Lampyridae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pyropyga	Diphylla
Species	Pyropyga nigricans	Diphylla ecaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

Dark Firefly and Hairy-legged Vampire Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Dark Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark Firefly	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.