Bladder Fern vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.