Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Floating Fern

Promops davisoni compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff 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	Promops	Salvinia
Species	Promops davisoni	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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).