Floating Fern vs Gray Flying Fox

Salvinia natans compared with Pteropus griseus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gray 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	Salvinia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Salvinia natans	Pteropus griseus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gray Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.