Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Field Fleawort

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Tephroseris integrifolia

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Field Fleawort is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Field Fleawort
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	Tephroseris
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Tephroseris integrifolia

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Field Fleawort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Field Fleawort
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.

Field Fleawort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.