Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Chaerephon gallagheri compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Molossidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Ceratophyllum
Species	Chaerephon gallagheri	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.