Large False Serotine vs Vegetable fern

Hesperoptenus tomesi compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Large False Serotine is Vulnerable while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large False Serotine	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	Hesperoptenus	Diplazium
Species	Hesperoptenus tomesi	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Large False Serotine

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large False Serotine	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large False Serotine

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.