Peale’s Free-tailed Bat vs

Nyctinomops aurispinosus compared with Trechispora microspora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Trechisporales (Trechisporales)
Family	Molossidae	Sistotremataceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Trechispora
Species	Nyctinomops aurispinosus	Trechispora microspora

Conservation Status

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
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.

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).

Trechispora microspora is a corticioid fungus producing very small spores, as its name indicates. It grows as a thin, white to cream-colored crust on the underside of decaying hardwood and conifer logs in temperate and boreal forests. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes dead woody material, contributing to nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems.