Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Thyroptera discifera compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Ceratophyllum
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.