Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Jonc du Nil

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Cyperus papyrus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Jonc du Nil
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Cyperus
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jonc du Nil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Jonc du Nil
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.

Jonc du Nil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).