LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs Wild Lettuce

Thyroptera lavali compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Thyropteridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Thyroptera	Lactuca
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).