Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Sphiggurus pruinosus compared with Thyroptera discifera

Key Differences

• Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine is Data Deficient while Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Erethizontidae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Sphiggurus	Thyroptera
Species	Sphiggurus pruinosus	Thyroptera discifera

Evolutionary Relationship

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine and Peters's Disk-winged Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

DD — Data Deficient

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela