Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat vs Jointed Charlock

Nyctinomops laticaudatus compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Molossidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Raphanus
Species	Nyctinomops laticaudatus	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Jointed Charlock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

The Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops laticaudatus) 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 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador