Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat vs Ferny Azolla

Hipposideros galeritus compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Hipposideros	Azolla
Species	Hipposideros galeritus	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat

The Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros galeritus) is a species in the genus Hipposideros. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.