Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Shellplant

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Alpinia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Shellplant
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.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.