Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs American Bladdernut

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Staphylea trifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	American Bladdernut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Crossosomatales (Crossosomatales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Staphyleaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Staphylea
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Staphylea trifolia

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

American Bladdernut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	American Bladdernut
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.

American Bladdernut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

American Bladdernut

The American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) is a species in the genus Staphylea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.