Chestnut Short-tailed Bat vs Welsh polypody

Carollia castanea compared with Polypodium cambricum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Welsh polypody is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Welsh polypody
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Carollia	Polypodium
Species	Carollia castanea	Polypodium cambricum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Welsh polypody

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat	Welsh polypody
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.

Welsh polypody

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.

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.