LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Septicweed

Thyroptera lavali compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Thyropteridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Senna
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Septicweed
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.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).