Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat vs Floating Fern

Chaerephon jobimena compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Molossidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Salvinia
Species	Chaerephon jobimena	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat

The Black-and-red Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon jobimena) is a species in the genus Chaerephon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.