Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Barn Fern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Asplenium haughtonii

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Barn Fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Barn Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Asplenium
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Asplenium haughtonii

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Barn 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.

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

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.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.