Ascending Grapefern vs Black-capped Fruit Bat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Chironax melanocephalus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Black-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Botrychium	Chironax
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Chironax melanocephalus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Black-capped Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Black-capped Fruit Bat

The Black-capped Fruit Bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species in the genus Chironax. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.