Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Soapberry

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Soapberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Sapindus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Soapberry
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.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.