Alpine Long-eared Bat vs Vegetable fern

Plecotus macrobullaris compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Long-eared Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Plecotus	Diplazium
Species	Plecotus macrobullaris	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Alpine Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Long-eared Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Long-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Alpine Long-eared Bat

The Alpine Long-eared Bat (Plecotus macrobullaris) is a species in the genus Plecotus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.