Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Rootless Duckweed

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Araceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Wolffia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Rootless Duckweed
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.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.