Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs limestone fern

Carollia castanea compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Carollia	Gymnocarpium
Species	Carollia castanea	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	limestone fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

The Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea) is a species in the genus Carollia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.