Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Floating Fern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Salvinia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.