Greater Long-tongued Bat vs Uvita

Choeroniscus periosus compared with Syzygium cumini

Key Differences

• Greater Long-tongued Bat is Vulnerable while Uvita is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-tongued Bat	Uvita
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Choeroniscus	Syzygium
Species	Choeroniscus periosus	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Greater Long-tongued Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Uvita

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Long-tongued Bat	Uvita
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

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

Uvita

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia