Adder'S Fern vs Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Polypodium vulgare compared with Taphozous melanopogon

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Adder'S Fern Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Polypodiaceae Emballonuridae
Genus Polypodium Taphozous
Species Polypodium vulgare Taphozous melanopogon

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Adder'S Fern Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

The Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species in the genus Taphozous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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