Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Dense-flowered Fumitory

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Fumaria densiflora

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Dense-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dense-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Fumaria
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Fumaria densiflora

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dense-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dense-flowered Fumitory
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.

Dense-flowered Fumitory

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

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). 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.