Floating Fern vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greater Short-nosed 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	Cynopterus
Species	Salvinia natans	Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greater Short-nosed 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).

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan