Adder'S Fern vs Giant Noctule

Polypodium vulgare compared with Nyctalus lasiopterus

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Giant Noctule is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Giant Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Polypodium	Nyctalus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Nyctalus lasiopterus

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Giant Noctule

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Giant Noctule
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).

Giant Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ukraine.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium