Floating Fern vs Madagascan fruit bat

Salvinia natans compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Salvinia	Eidolon
Species	Salvinia natans	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Madagascan 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).

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.