Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs black-bindweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Dioscorea communis

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while black-bindweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	black-bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Dioscorea
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Dioscorea communis

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

black-bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	black-bindweed
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.

black-bindweed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

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.

black-bindweed

The Black-bindweed (Dioscorea communis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.