Floating Fern vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Salvinia natans compared with Thyroptera discifera

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Salviniaceae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Salvinia	Thyroptera
Species	Salvinia natans	Thyroptera discifera

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Peters's Disk-winged 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).

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.