Floating Fern vs Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Platyrrhinus incarum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Incan Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Salvinia	Platyrrhinus
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Platyrrhinus incarum

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Incan Broad-nosed 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.

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.