Floating Fern vs Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Chaerephon gallagheri

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Salvinia	Chaerephon
Species	Salvinia natans	Chaerephon gallagheri

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gallagher's Free-tailed 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).

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.