Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Asian swordfern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Nephrolepis brownii

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Asian swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Asian swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Nephrolepis
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Nephrolepis brownii

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Asian swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Asian swordfern
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.

Asian swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Asian swordfern

The Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia