Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Horsetail

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Equisetum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Horsetail
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.

Horsetail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.