Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Gunpowder tree

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Melochia umbellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Melochia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Gunpowder tree
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.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and 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.