Floating Fern vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Salvinia	Acerodon
Species	Salvinia natans	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Golden-capped Fruit 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).

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.