Chestnut Long-tongued Bat vs Vegetable fern

Lionycteris spurrelli compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Lionycteris	Diplazium
Species	Lionycteris spurrelli	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Long-tongued Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Long-tongued 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.

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

The Chestnut Long-tongued Bat (Lionycteris spurrelli) is a species in the genus Lionycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.