Fijian Free-tailed Bat vs Floating Fern

Chaerephon bregullae compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• Fijian Free-tailed Bat is Endangered while Floating Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fijian Free-tailed Bat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Molossidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Chaerephon	Salvinia
Species	Chaerephon bregullae	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

Fijian Free-tailed Bat

EN — Endangered

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fijian Free-tailed Bat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fijian Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.