Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat vs

Sturnira koopmanhilli compared with Pseudoperonospora urticae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Choco Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Chromista (크로미스타)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Oomycota (난균류)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Peronosporea (Peronosporea)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Peronosporales (노균목)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Peronosporaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Pseudoperonospora
Species	Sturnira koopmanhilli	Pseudoperonospora urticae

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 Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.

Pseudoperonospora urticae는 Peronosporaceae과에 속하는 쐐기풀(Urtica) 종에 감염하는 절대 기생 영양성 난균류 노균병 병원체이다. 습윤 조건에서 잎 아랫면에 특징적인 회색 포자 형성과 함께 잎의 황화와 황록화를 유발한다. 쐐기풀에 대한 기주 특이성으로 난균류 병원체와 야생 기주 사이의 공진화 연구에 흥미로운 모델이 된다.