Floating Fern vs Noctule

Salvinia natans compared with Nyctalus noctula

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Noctule is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Salviniales (생이가래목)	Chiroptera (박쥐)
Family	Salviniaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Salvinia	Nyctalus
Species	Salvinia natans	Nyctalus noctula

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Noctule

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Noctule
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).

Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Noctule

Noctule(Nyctalus noctula, 큰보통박쥐)은 IUCN 적색목록에서 취약(VU)으로 분류된다. 야생에서 멸종 위기에 처할 높은 위험성을 지니며, 개체군이 감소하고 서식지 압력이 증가하고 있다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden