Drooping Tonguefern vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Elaphoglossum herminieri compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drooping Tonguefern	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Elaphoglossum herminieri	Pteropus woodfordi

Conservation Status

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drooping Tonguefern	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.