Ansorge's free-tailed bat vs Vegetable fern

Chaerephon ansorgei compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ansorge's free-tailed bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Molossidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Diplazium
Species	Chaerephon ansorgei	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ansorge's free-tailed bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ansorge's free-tailed bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ansorge's free-tailed 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.

Ansorge's free-tailed bat

The Ansorge's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon ansorgei) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.