Allen’s Common Mustached Bat vs Fat Sand Rat

Pteronotus fuscus compared with Psammomys obesus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fat Sand Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Mormoopidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Pteronotus	Psammomys
Species	Pteronotus fuscus	Psammomys obesus

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat and Fat Sand Rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Allen’s Common Mustached Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fat Sand Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen’s Common Mustached Bat	Fat Sand 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.

Fat Sand Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.