Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs mescal agave

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Agave angustifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	mescal agave
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Agave
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Agave angustifolia

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

mescal agave

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	mescal agave
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.

mescal agave

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Europe (Spain), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.