LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs sweet tanglehead

Thyroptera lavali compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Thyropteridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Thyroptera	Heteropogon
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia