Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Cheeseweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Malva multiflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Cheeseweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Malva
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Malva multiflora

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cheeseweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Cheeseweed
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.

Cheeseweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, South Africa, Sweden, and United States.

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.

Cheeseweed

The Cheeseweed (Malva multiflora) is a species in the genus Malva. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.