Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs Stinking iris

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Iris foetidissima

Key Differences

• Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Stinking iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Stinking iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Molossidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Iris
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Iris foetidissima

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat	Stinking iris
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.

Stinking iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).