Diminutive Serotine vs Ferny Azolla

Eptesicus diminutus compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diminutive Serotine	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	Eptesicus	Azolla
Species	Eptesicus diminutus	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diminutive Serotine	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Diminutive Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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).