Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Spruce Tooth

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Phellodon violascens

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Spruce Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Spruce Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Phellodon
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Phellodon violascens

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spruce Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Spruce Tooth
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.

Spruce Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.