Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs boxthorn

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Lycium europaeum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	boxthorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Lycium
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Lycium europaeum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

boxthorn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	boxthorn
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.

boxthorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, France, India, Portugal, and Spain.

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.

boxthorn

The Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum) is a species in the genus Lycium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Croatia, France, India, Portugal and Spain.