De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat vs lignum vitae

Thyroptera devivoi compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Guaiacum
Species	Thyroptera devivoi	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia