Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat vs Vegetable fern

Lonchophylla orienticollina compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Lonchophylla	Diplazium
Species	Lonchophylla orienticollina	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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