False Serotine Bat vs Floating Fern

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine 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	Hesperoptenus	Salvinia
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).