black currant-tree vs Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

Antidesma ghaesembilla compared with Balantiopteryx infusca

Key Differences

• black currant-tree is Least Concern while Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black currant-tree	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Phyllanthaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Antidesma	Balantiopteryx
Species	Antidesma ghaesembilla	Balantiopteryx infusca

Conservation Status

black currant-tree

LC — Least Concern

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black currant-tree	Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black currant-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guyana.

Ecuadorian Sac-winged Bat

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.

black currant-tree

The Black Currant-Tree (Antidesma ghaesembilla) is a species in the genus Antidesma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found in Guyana.