Branched Moonwort vs Great Flying Fox

Botrychium matricariifolium compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Branched Moonwort is Extinct while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Branched Moonwort	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Botrychium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Botrychium matricariifolium	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Branched Moonwort

EX — Extinct

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Branched Moonwort	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Branched Moonwort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Branched Moonwort

The Branched moonwort (Botrychium matricariifolium) is a species in the genus Botrychium. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.