Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Indian hedgemustard

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Sisymbrium orientale

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Indian hedgemustard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Sisymbrium
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Sisymbrium orientale

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian hedgemustard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Indian hedgemustard
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.

Indian hedgemustard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (Japan, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru).

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.