Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs sweet tanglehead

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Mormoopidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Pteronotus	Heteropogon
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

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.