Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Streamside Swordfern

Carollia subrufa compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Streamside Swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Carollia	Nephrolepis
Species	Carollia subrufa	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.