Ascending Grapefern vs Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Aproteles bulmerae

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Bulmer's 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	Aproteles
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Aproteles bulmerae

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Bulmer's 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.

Bulmer's 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.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

The Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a species in the genus Aproteles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.