Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Toothwort

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Lathraea squamaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Toothwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Lathraea
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Lathraea squamaria

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Toothwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Toothwort
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.

Toothwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.