Diablo gigante de Guinea vs False Serotine Bat

Mobula tarapacana compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

• Diablo gigante de Guinea is Endangered while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diablo gigante de Guinea	False Serotine Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Elasmobranchii	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Myliobatidae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Mobula	Hesperoptenus
Species	Mobula tarapacana	Hesperoptenus doriae

Evolutionary Relationship

Diablo gigante de Guinea and False Serotine Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Diablo gigante de Guinea

EN — Endangered

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diablo gigante de Guinea	False Serotine Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Diablo gigante de Guinea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

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

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Diablo gigante de Guinea

The Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana) is a species in the genus Mobula. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.