Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Mealy Tooth

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Hydnellum ferrugineum

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Mealy Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Mealy Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Hydnellum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Hydnellum ferrugineum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Mealy Tooth
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.

Mealy Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.