Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs Tropical dropseed

Thyroptera discifera compared with Sporobolus tenuissimus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Tropical dropseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Thyropteridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Thyroptera	Sporobolus
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Sporobolus tenuissimus

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tropical dropseed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Tropical dropseed
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.

Tropical dropseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).