Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Chickenweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Portulaca quadrifida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Chickenweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Portulacaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Portulaca
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Portulaca quadrifida

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Chickenweed
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.

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

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.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.