LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Weeping Paperbark

Thyroptera lavali compared with Melaleuca leucadendra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Weeping Paperbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Melaleuca
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Melaleuca leucadendra

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Weeping Paperbark

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Weeping Paperbark
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.

Weeping Paperbark

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa), Asia (India, Laos), North America (Dominican Republic), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).