Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Floating Fern

Artibeus aequatorialis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Salvinia
Species	Artibeus aequatorialis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

The Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus aequatorialis) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.