Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Smooth Stonewort

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Characeae
Genus	Pteronotus	Nitella
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Smooth Stonewort
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.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.