Adder'S Fern vs Kosrae Flying Fox

Polypodium vulgare compared with Pteropus ualanus

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Kosrae Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Polypodium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Pteropus ualanus

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Kosrae Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Kosrae Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.