Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Prickly moses

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mormoopidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Acacia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Prickly moses
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 moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (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.