Ferny Azolla vs Little Black Serotine

Azolla pinnata compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ferny Azolla	Little Black Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Azolla	Eptesicus
Species	Azolla pinnata	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ferny Azolla	Little Black Serotine
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).

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.