LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Thyroptera lavali compared with Opuntia strigil

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Marble-fruit Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Opuntia
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Opuntia strigil

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.