Floating Fern vs Flower-faced Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Anthops ornatus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Flower-faced Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Hipposideridae
Genus	Salvinia	Anthops
Species	Salvinia natans	Anthops ornatus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Flower-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.