Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Small-leaved Myrtle

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Eugenia verdoorniae

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Small-leaved Myrtle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Small-leaved Myrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Eugenia
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Eugenia verdoorniae

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Small-leaved Myrtle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Small-leaved Myrtle
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.

Small-leaved Myrtle

Habitat

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

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.