Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat vs Tuberous vervain

Nyctinomops laticaudatus compared with Verbena rigida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Tuberous vervain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Molossidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Verbena
Species	Nyctinomops laticaudatus	Verbena rigida

Conservation Status

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tuberous vervain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Tuberous vervain
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.

Tuberous vervain

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Rwanda, Zimbabwe), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.