Floating Fern vs Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Chiroderma improvisum

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Guadeloupean Big-eyed 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	Chiroderma
Species	Salvinia natans	Chiroderma improvisum

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Guadeloupean Big-eyed 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).

Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.