Floating Fern vs Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Eumops nanus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Northern Dwarf Bonneted 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	Eumops
Species	Salvinia natans	Eumops nanus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Northern Dwarf Bonneted 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).

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.