Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Silent Firefly

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Photinus indictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Silent Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Molossidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Photinus
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Photinus indictus

Evolutionary Relationship

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat and Silent Firefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silent Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Silent Firefly
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.

Silent Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.