Eastern Red Bat vs Ferny Azolla

Lasiurus borealis compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Red Bat	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	Lasiurus	Azolla
Species	Lasiurus borealis	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Red Bat	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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).