Peters's Disk-winged Bat vs Water yam

Thyroptera discifera compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Thyropteridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Thyroptera	Dioscorea
Species	Thyroptera discifera	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peters's Disk-winged Bat	Water yam
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.

Water yam

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).