Big Free-tailed Bat vs Sour orange

Nyctinomops macrotis compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Big Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Free-tailed Bat	Sour orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Molossidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Citrus
Species	Nyctinomops macrotis	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Big Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Free-tailed Bat	Sour orange
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.

Sour orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia