Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Sacatrapo

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Caperonia palustris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sacatrapo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Caperonia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Caperonia palustris

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sacatrapo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sacatrapo
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.

Sacatrapo

Habitat

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

Range

Found across North America (6 countries) and South America (Brazil, 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.