Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Hydnellum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Sweetgrass Hydnellum is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Hydnellum
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Hydnellum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
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.

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.