Floating Fern vs Fringed Myotis

Salvinia natans compared with Myotis thysanodes

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Fringed Myotis is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Fringed Myotis
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Salvinia	Myotis
Species	Salvinia natans	Myotis thysanodes

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Fringed Myotis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Fringed Myotis
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).

Fringed Myotis

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.