Long-tailed Wattled Bat vs Narrow swordfern

Chalinolobus tuberculatus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Wattled Bat	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Chalinolobus	Nephrolepis
Species	Chalinolobus tuberculatus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Wattled Bat	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).