Floating Fern vs Greater Ghost Bat

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Diclidurus ingens

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while Greater Ghost Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greater Ghost Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Salvinia	Diclidurus
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Diclidurus ingens

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Greater Ghost Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greater Ghost Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

Greater Ghost Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.