Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos

Cormura brevirostris compared with Arctocephalus galapagoensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Emballonuridae	Otariidae
Genus	Cormura	Arctocephalus
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Arctocephalus galapagoensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat and Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Lobo de dos pelos de Galápagos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species in the genus Cormura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador