Button-Willow vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Cephalanthus occidentalis compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button-Willow	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rubiaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Cephalanthus	Nyctinomops
Species	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Conservation Status

Button-Willow

LC — Least Concern

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button-Willow	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button-Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Button-Willow

The Button-Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is a species in the genus Cephalanthus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.