Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Handley s Slender Opossum

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Marmosops handleyi

Key Differences

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Handley s Slender Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Mormoopidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Pteronotus	Marmosops
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Marmosops handleyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Handley s Slender Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

View Class: Mammalia

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Handley s Slender Opossum
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.

Handley s Slender Opossum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.