Hairy-legged Vampire Bat vs Holywood

Diphylla ecaudata compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Zygophyllales (ハマビシ目)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Diphylla	Guaiacum
Species	Diphylla ecaudata	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat	Holywood
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.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.