Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Narrow swordfern

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Nephrolepis
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).