Greater Ghost Bat vs fava

Diclidurus ingens compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Greater Ghost Bat is Data Deficient while fava is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Ghost Bat	fava
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Emballonuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Diclidurus	Phaseolus
Species	Diclidurus ingens	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Greater Ghost Bat

DD — Data Deficient

fava

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Ghost Bat	fava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Ghost Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

fava

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela