Floating Fern vs Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Rhinophylla alethina

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Hairy Little Fruit Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Hairy Little Fruit 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	Rhinophylla
Species	Salvinia natans	Rhinophylla alethina

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Hairy Little 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).

Hairy Little Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.