Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs pignut

Thyroptera discifera compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Mesosphaerum
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.