Black-bearded Tomb Bat vs Vegetable fern

Taphozous melanopogon compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Taphozous	Diplazium
Species	Taphozous melanopogon	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Tomb 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.

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

The Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species in the genus Taphozous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.