Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat vs

Sturnira koopmanhilli compared with Pedobacter luteus

Key Differences

• Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat is Data Deficient while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Sphingobacteriales (스핑고박테리움목)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Sphingobacteriaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Pedobacter
Species	Sturnira koopmanhilli	Pedobacter luteus

Conservation Status

Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

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

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.

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.

Pedobacter luteus는 Sphingobacteriaceae과에 속하는 그람음성 세균으로 노란색 집락을 형성합니다. 토양 환경에서 발견되며 가수분해 효소 활성을 통해 유기 고분자 분해에 기여합니다. 보전 상태는 미평가입니다.