Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs Shoebutton

Thyroptera discifera compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Primulaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Ardisia
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Shoebutton
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.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).