Floating Fern vs Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Mystacina tuberculata

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Mystacinidae
Genus	Salvinia	Mystacina
Species	Salvinia natans	Mystacina tuberculata

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed 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 New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.