Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Streamside Swordfern

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Nephrolepis
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.