Mountain yam vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Dioscorea hamiltonii compared with Thyroptera discifera

Key Differences

• Mountain yam is Near Threatened while Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain yam	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.