Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat vs Floating Fern

Nyctinomops laticaudatus compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-eared 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	Nyctinomops	Salvinia
Species	Nyctinomops laticaudatus	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

The Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops laticaudatus) is a species in the genus Nyctinomops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.