Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat vs

Sturnira koopmanhilli compared with Coprinopsis stercorea

Key Differences

• Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat is Data Deficient while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Fungi (균계)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Basidiomycota (담자균류)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Agaricales (주름버섯목)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Psathyrellaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Coprinopsis
Species	Sturnira koopmanhilli	Coprinopsis stercorea

Conservation Status

Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat

DD — Data Deficient

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira koopmanhilli) is a medium-sized frugivorous bat in the family Phyllostomidae, endemic to the Chocó biogeographic region of northwestern South America, where it occurs in the humid forests of the Pacific slope of Colombia and adjacent Ecuador. It belongs to the genus Sturnira — the yellow-shouldered bats — characterised by males bearing distinctive yellowish, orange, or reddish shoulder glands (from which the group's name derives), robust bodies, and rounded ears. Like all Sturnira, this species is primarily frugivorous, consuming a wide range of small, soft fruits from pioneer and forest trees, and plays an important role as a seed disperser in disturbed forest patches and forest edges. The diet of Solanaceae (nightshade family) fruits is particularly typical of the genus, and Sturnira bats are considered the primary dispersers of many pioneer Solanum species in Neotropical secondary succession, contributing directly to forest regeneration. The IUCN classifies the Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat as Data Deficient, reflecting significant uncertainty about the species' distribution limits, population size, and ecological requirements. The Chocó region continues to experience rapid deforestation, which threatens frugivorous bat diversity even where individual species lack adequate data for formal threat assessment.

Coprinopsis stercorea는 종명이 암시하듯 초식동물의 분변과 거름이 많은 토양에서 자라는 소형 먹물버섯이다. 유럽과 북아메리카 온대 지역의 목장, 마구간, 분변이 있는 숲에 서식한다. 이 분변성 부생균류는 분변 유기물을 분해하고 포자가 성숙하면 갓을 자가소화한다.