Floating Fern vs Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Platyrrhinus incarum

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Incan Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Incan Broad-nosed 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	Platyrrhinus
Species	Salvinia natans	Platyrrhinus incarum

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Incan Broad-nosed 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).

Incan Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.