Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Molossidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Gaultheria
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.