Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs Sickle Medick

Thyroptera discifera compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Thyropteridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Medicago
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).