MacConnell's Bat vs Vegetable fern

Mesophylla macconnelli compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	MacConnell's Bat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Mesophylla	Diplazium
Species	Mesophylla macconnelli	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

MacConnell's Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	MacConnell's Bat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

MacConnell's Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.