Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Flat Wrack

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Fucus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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.