Floating Bur-Reed vs Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Mormoops megalophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Typhaceae	Mormoopidae
Genus	Sparganium	Mormoops
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Mormoops megalophylla

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.