Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Dioecious Amaranth

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Amaranthus palmeri

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dioecious Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Amaranthus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Amaranthus palmeri

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dioecious Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dioecious Amaranth
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.

Dioecious Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (22 countries), and North America (Canada, Cuba).

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.