Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs White Star Apple

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Gambeya albida

Key Differences

• Allen’s Common Mustached Bat is Least Concern while White Star Apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	White Star Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Mormoopidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Pteronotus	Gambeya
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Gambeya albida

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Star Apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	White Star Apple
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.

White Star Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.