Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.