Black-bearded Flying Fox vs Vegetable fern

Pteropus melanopogon compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Black-bearded Flying Fox is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Flying Fox	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Diplazium
Species	Pteropus melanopogon	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Flying Fox	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Black-bearded Flying Fox

The Black-bearded Flying Fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.