Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat vs pignut

Nyctinomops laticaudatus compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Molossidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Mesosphaerum
Species	Nyctinomops laticaudatus	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.