Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Redbox

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Redbox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Redbox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Eucalyptus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Redbox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Redbox
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.

Redbox

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Rwanda), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.