Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Pectis

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Pectis subsquarrosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Pectis
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Molossidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nyctinomops	Pectis
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Pectis subsquarrosa

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Pectis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Pectis

Habitat

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