Mastic Thyme vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Thymus mastichina compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mastic Thyme	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lamiaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Thymus	Nyctinomops
Species	Thymus mastichina	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Conservation Status

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mastic Thyme

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.