limestone fern vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Gymnocarpium robertianum compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

limestone fern is Critically Endangered while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	limestone fern	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Gymnocarpium	Uroderma
Species	Gymnocarpium robertianum	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	limestone fern	Pacific Tent-making 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.