Candle Firefly vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Pyractomena angulata compared with Miniopterus egeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candle Firefly	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lampyridae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Pyractomena	Miniopterus
Species	Pyractomena angulata	Miniopterus egeri

Evolutionary Relationship

Candle Firefly and Eger’s Long-fingered Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Candle Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candle Firefly	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candle Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Candle Firefly

The Candle Firefly (Pyractomena angulata) is a species in the genus Pyractomena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.