Floating Fern vs Greater Long-tongued Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Choeroniscus periosus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Greater Long-tongued Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greater Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Salvinia	Choeroniscus
Species	Salvinia natans	Choeroniscus periosus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Long-tongued Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greater Long-tongued 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).

Greater Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.