vs Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

Pedobacter ruber compared with Mormoops megalophylla

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Peters's Ghost-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingobacteriales (Sphingobacteriales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sphingobacteriaceae	Mormoopidae
Genus	Pedobacter	Mormoops
Species	Pedobacter ruber	Mormoops megalophylla

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.

Peters's Ghost-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Pedobacter ruber is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingobacteriaceae, named for its distinctive red-pigmented colonies. It was isolated from soil environments and is aerobic, non-motile, and rod-shaped. Members of the genus Pedobacter are widely distributed in soil and freshwater habitats where they participate in organic matter decomposition.