Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Waved Albatross

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Phoebastria irrorata

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while Waved Albatross is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Waved Albatross
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Procellariiformes (Procellariiformes)
Family	Mormoopidae	Diomedeidae
Genus	Pteronotus	Phoebastria
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Phoebastria irrorata

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Waved Albatross share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Waved Albatross

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Waved Albatross
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.

Waved Albatross

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia