Balloon vine vs De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Cardiospermum halicacabum compared with Thyroptera devivoi

Key Differences

• Balloon vine is Not Evaluated while De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balloon vine	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Cardiospermum	Thyroptera
Species	Cardiospermum halicacabum	Thyroptera devivoi

Conservation Status

Balloon vine

NE — Not Evaluated

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balloon vine	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balloon vine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Balloon vine

The Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is a species in the genus Cardiospermum. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia