Flower-faced Bat vs Vegetable fern

Anthops ornatus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anthops	Diplazium
Species	Anthops ornatus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced 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.