Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Scaly Tooth

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Sarcodon squamosus

Key Differences

• Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Scaly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Scaly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Molossidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Sarcodon
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Sarcodon squamosus

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Scaly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Scaly Tooth
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.

Scaly Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.