Floating Fern vs Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Mops petersoni

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Peterson's Free-tailed Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Peterson's Free-tailed 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	Mops
Species	Salvinia natans	Mops petersoni

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Peterson's Free-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).

Peterson's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.