false pepperwort vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Marsilea crenata compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Marsileaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Marsilea	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Marsilea crenata	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.