Floating Fern vs Pacific Flying Fox

Salvinia natans compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	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	Salvinia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Salvinia natans	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Pacific 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).

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.