Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Bicho-Preguiça

Carollia castanea compared with Bradypus torquatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Bicho-Preguiça is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Bicho-Preguiça
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Bradypodidae (Three-toed Sloths)
Genus	Carollia	Bradypus (Three-toed Sloths)
Species	Carollia castanea	Bradypus torquatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bicho-Preguiça

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Bicho-Preguiça
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.

Bicho-Preguiça

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.