Black Mastiff Bat vs Vegetable fern

Molossus rufus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Mastiff 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	Molossus	Diplazium
Species	Molossus rufus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Mastiff Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Black Mastiff Bat

The Black Mastiff Bat (Molossus rufus) is a species in the genus Molossus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.