LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs wall scalewort

Thyroptera lavali compared with Porella platyphylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Porellaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Porella
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	wall scalewort
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.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).