Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Long-bracted Dandelion

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Taraxacum lingulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Long-bracted Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Mormoopidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteronotus	Taraxacum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Taraxacum lingulatum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Long-bracted Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Long-bracted Dandelion
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.

Long-bracted Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.