Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Vegetable fern

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Diplazium
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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