Big Free-tailed Bat vs Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra

Nyctinomops macrotis compared with Cyrtandra waiolani

Key Differences

• Big Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Free-tailed Bat	Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Molossidae	Gesneriaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Cyrtandra
Species	Nyctinomops macrotis	Cyrtandra waiolani

Conservation Status

Big Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Free-tailed Bat	Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra

Habitat

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

Big Free-tailed Bat

The Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) is a species in the genus Nyctinomops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.