Delicate Tube-nosed Bat vs Floating Fern

Murina gracilis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Delicate Tube-nosed Bat is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Tube-nosed Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Murina	Salvinia
Species	Murina gracilis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Tube-nosed Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan