Floating Fern vs Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Cynomops greenhalli

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Greenhall’s Dog-faced 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	Cynomops
Species	Salvinia natans	Cynomops greenhalli

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Greenhall’s Dog-faced 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).

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.