Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Jointed Charlock

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Jointed Charlock
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	Raphanus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Jointed Charlock
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.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

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.