limestone fern vs Painted Woolly Bat

Gymnocarpium robertianum compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• limestone fern is Critically Endangered while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	limestone fern	Painted Woolly 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	Kerivoula
Species	Gymnocarpium robertianum	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	limestone fern	Painted Woolly 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.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.