Big-eared Flying Fox vs Floating Fern

Pteropus macrotis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Salvinia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).

Big-eared Flying Fox

The Big-eared Flying Fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.