Floating Fern vs Japanese Long-eared Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Plecotus sacrimontis

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Japanese Long-eared Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Japanese Long-eared Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Salvinia	Plecotus
Species	Salvinia natans	Plecotus sacrimontis

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Japanese Long-eared 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).

Japanese Long-eared Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.