Large-eared Pied Bat vs Vegetable fern

Chalinolobus dwyeri compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Large-eared Pied Bat is Vulnerable while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Pied Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Chalinolobus	Diplazium
Species	Chalinolobus dwyeri	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Large-eared Pied Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Pied Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Pied 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.