Ascending Grapefern vs Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nyctinomops laticaudatus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Botrychium	Nyctinomops
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Nyctinomops laticaudatus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Broad-eared Free-tailed 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.

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ascending Grapefern

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

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

The Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops laticaudatus) is a species in the genus Nyctinomops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.