Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Oriental House Rat

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class same	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Mormoopidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Pteronotus	Rattus
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Säugetiere)

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Oriental House Rat
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.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

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.