LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Sacatrapo

Thyroptera lavali compared with Caperonia palustris

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Sacatrapo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Sacatrapo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Caperonia
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Caperonia palustris

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Sacatrapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Sacatrapo
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.

Sacatrapo

Habitat

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

Range

Found across North America (6 countries) and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia