Ferny Azolla vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Azolla pinnata compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ferny Azolla	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Azolla	Diphylla
Species	Azolla pinnata	Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ferny Azolla	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).