basket fern vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Nephrolepis	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

basket fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

basket fern

The Basket fern (Nephrolepis pectinata) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN.