Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Desert Sunflower

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Helianthus deserticola

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Desert Sunflower is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Desert Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Mormoopidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteronotus	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Helianthus deserticola

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Desert Sunflower

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Desert Sunflower
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 Sunflower

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.