Coppery Sprite vs Ferny Azolla

Arielulus cuprosus compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coppery Sprite	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Arielulus	Azolla
Species	Arielulus cuprosus	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coppery Sprite	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coppery Sprite

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).