Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Spathulate Botrychium

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Molossidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Botrychium
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.