Floating Fern vs Lesser Naked Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Cheiromeles parvidens

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Lesser Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Lesser Naked 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	Cheiromeles
Species	Salvinia natans	Cheiromeles parvidens

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Lesser Naked 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).

Lesser Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.