Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Dotted lancepod

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Lonchocarpus punctatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dotted lancepod
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	Lonchocarpus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Lonchocarpus punctatus

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dotted lancepod

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Dotted lancepod
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.

Dotted lancepod

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.

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.