Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Mormoopidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pteronotus	Diphylla
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Diphylla ecaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Hairy-legged Vampire Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
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.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia