Floating Bur-Reed vs Painted Woolly Bat

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Floating Bur-Reed is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Typhaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Sparganium	Kerivoula
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.