New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Notopteris neocaledonicus compared with Thyroptera discifera

Key Differences

• New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat is Endangered while Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Thyropteridae
Genus	Notopteris	Thyroptera
Species	Notopteris neocaledonicus	Thyroptera discifera

Evolutionary Relationship

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat and Peters's Disk-winged Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.