LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Water yam

Thyroptera lavali compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Dioscorea
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Water yam
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.

Water yam

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).