Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs milkweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	milkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Gomphocarpus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

milkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	milkweed
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.

milkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia