Keruing vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Dipterocarpus eurhynchus compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Key Differences

• Keruing is Near Threatened while Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Keruing	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dipterocarpaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Dipterocarpus	Nyctinomops
Species	Dipterocarpus eurhynchus	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Conservation Status

Keruing

NT — Near Threatened

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Keruing

Habitat

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

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.