LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Shoebutton

Thyroptera lavali compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Shoebutton is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Primulaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Ardisia
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Shoebutton
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.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).