Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Cornish Midget

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Cornish Midget is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Cornish Midget
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Mormoopidae	Gracillariidae
Genus	Pteronotus	Phyllonorycter
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Cornish Midget share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cornish Midget

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Cornish Midget
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.

Cornish Midget

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.