Floating Heart vs Pacific Flying Fox

Nymphoides peltata compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Floating Heart is Endangered while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Heart	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Menyanthaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Nymphoides	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Nymphoides peltata	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Heart	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.