Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs River Maple

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Molossidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Acer
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	River Maple
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.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).