Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Desert Indigo

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Indigofera brevidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Desert Indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mormoopidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Indigofera
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Indigofera brevidens

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Desert Indigo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Desert Indigo
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.

Desert Indigo

Habitat

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

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.