Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Shining geranium

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Geranium lucidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Shining geranium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Geraniaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Geranium
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Geranium lucidum

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shining geranium

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Shining geranium
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.

Shining geranium

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.