Hairy Little Fruit Bat vs Cassie

Rhinophylla alethina compared with Senna obtusifolia

Key Differences

• Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened while Cassie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Cassie
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Rhinophylla	Senna
Species	Rhinophylla alethina	Senna obtusifolia

Conservation Status

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Cassie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Little Fruit Bat	Cassie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Cassie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia