Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Ferny Azolla

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Azolla
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe 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).