Floating Fern vs Greater Naked Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Cheiromeles torquatus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Greater Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greater Naked 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	Cheiromeles
Species	Salvinia natans	Cheiromeles torquatus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greater Naked 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 Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.