Floating Fern vs Little Black Serotine

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	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	Salvinia	Eptesicus
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Eptesicus andinus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Little Black Serotine
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.

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.