Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Elephant Palm

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Borassus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Elephant Palm
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.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

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.