Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Firewheel

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Gaillardia pulchella

Key Differences

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Firewheel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Firewheel
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	Gaillardia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Gaillardia pulchella

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Firewheel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Firewheel
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.

Firewheel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati, Palau), and South America (Colombia).

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.