Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Tiny Fern-Moss

Carollia subrufa compared with Fissidens exiguus

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Tiny Fern-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Tiny Fern-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Carollia	Fissidens
Species	Carollia subrufa	Fissidens exiguus

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Tiny Fern-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Tiny Fern-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny Fern-Moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States.