Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Vegetable fern

Promops davisoni compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s 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	Promops	Diplazium
Species	Promops davisoni	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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