Dwarf Water Clover vs Niceforo's Bat

Marsilea minuta compared with Trinycteris nicefori

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Niceforo's Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Marsileaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Marsilea	Trinycteris
Species	Marsilea minuta	Trinycteris nicefori

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Niceforo's Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Niceforo's Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Niceforo's Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.