Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Rau-Fuchsschwanz

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while Rau-Fuchsschwanz is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rau-Fuchsschwanz
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Caryophyllales (Nelkenartige)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Amaranthus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rau-Fuchsschwanz

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Rau-Fuchsschwanz
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Rau-Fuchsschwanz

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela