Chestnut Sac-winged Bat vs Floating Fern

Cormura brevirostris compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Emballonuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Cormura	Salvinia
Species	Cormura brevirostris	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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).

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

The Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a species in the genus Cormura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.