Floating Fern vs Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Mystacina robusta

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Mystacinidae
Genus	Salvinia	Mystacina
Species	Salvinia natans	Mystacina robusta

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greater New Zealand Short-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).

Greater New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.