Bed-jacket vs Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Mops petersoni

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Peterson's Free-tailed Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Peterson's Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Alectryon	Mops
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Mops petersoni

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Peterson's Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.