limestone fern vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Gymnocarpium robertianum compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	limestone fern	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Gymnocarpium	Chalinolobus
Species	Gymnocarpium robertianum	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	limestone fern	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

limestone fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.