LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Sickle Medick

Thyroptera lavali compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Sickle Medick
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	Medicago
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).