Ferny Azolla vs Pacific Flying Fox

Azolla pinnata compared with Pteropus tonganus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ferny Azolla Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Salviniales (Salviniales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Salviniaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Azolla Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Azolla pinnata Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ferny Azolla Pacific Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

No description available.

Pacific Flying Fox

No description available.

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