Floating Fern vs Painted Woolly Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Painted Woolly 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	Kerivoula
Species	Salvinia natans	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Painted Woolly 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).

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.