Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Alpine Bladder-fern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Cystopteris alpina

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Alpine Bladder-fern is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Alpine Bladder-fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Cystopteris
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Cystopteris alpina

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Alpine Bladder-fern

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Alpine Bladder-fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Alpine Bladder-fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

The Allen’s Common Mustached Bat (Pteronotus fuscus) is a species in the genus Pteronotus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alpine Bladder-fern

The Alpine Bladder-fern (Cystopteris alpina) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Distributed across Norway and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.