LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Narrow swordfern

Thyroptera lavali compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Nephrolepis
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Narrow swordfern
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.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).