Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Gray Mouse Opossum

Carollia castanea compared with Tlacuatzin canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Gray Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Carollia	Tlacuatzin
Species	Carollia castanea	Tlacuatzin canescens

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat and Gray Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Gray Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Gray Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

The Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea) is a species in the genus Carollia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.