Fern Palm vs Lesser Naked Bat

Cycas revoluta compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Key Differences

• Fern Palm is Not Evaluated while Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fern Palm	Lesser Naked Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cycadales (Cycadales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cycadaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Cycas	Cheiromeles
Species	Cycas revoluta	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fern Palm	Lesser Naked Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.