Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Bladder Fern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Cystopteris fragilis

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	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 fragilis

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	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.

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (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.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia