Bladder Fern vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Acerodon leucotis

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Palawan Fruit Bat
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	Acerodon
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Acerodon leucotis

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Palawan Fruit Bat
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).

Palawan Fruit Bat

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.