Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Heather

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Limonium bahamense

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Heather is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Heather
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Plumbaginaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Limonium
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Limonium bahamense

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Heather

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Heather
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.

Heather

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.