Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Nyctinomops laticaudatus compared with Crepis foetida

Key Differences

• Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Stinking Hawk's-beard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Stinking Hawk's-beard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Molossidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nyctinomops	Crepis
Species	Nyctinomops laticaudatus	Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Stinking Hawk's-beard
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.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.