Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Slippery Jack

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Suillus luteus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Slippery Jack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Suillaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Suillus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Suillus luteus

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Slippery Jack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Slippery Jack
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.

Slippery Jack

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.