Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Waterbush

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Myoporum montanum

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Waterbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Waterbush
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.

Waterbush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Namibia and South Africa.

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.