Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Sharp-lobed Dandelion

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Taraxacum mimulum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sharp-lobed Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Mormoopidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteronotus	Taraxacum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Taraxacum mimulum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sharp-lobed Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sharp-lobed Dandelion
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.

Sharp-lobed Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.