LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Silkrubber

Thyroptera lavali compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Funtumia
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Silkrubber
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.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.