LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Smooth joyweed

Thyroptera lavali compared with Alternanthera paronychioides

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Smooth joyweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Alternanthera
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Alternanthera paronychioides

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Smooth joyweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Smooth joyweed
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.

Smooth joyweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia