East African little collared fruit bat vs Floating Fern

Myonycteris relicta compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• East African little collared fruit bat is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	East African little collared fruit bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Myonycteris	Salvinia
Species	Myonycteris relicta	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

East African little collared fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	East African little collared fruit bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

East African little collared fruit bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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).