Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Fireweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Chamaenerion angustifolium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fireweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Chamaenerion
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Chamaenerion angustifolium

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fireweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fireweed
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.

Fireweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (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.