Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Nutmeg

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Myristica
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

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.