Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs water dock

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Rumex aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	water dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Rumex
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Rumex aquaticus

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

water dock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	water dock
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.

water dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India, Japan) and Europe (4 countries).

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.