Gilliard's Flying Fox vs Sword Fern

Pteropus gilliardorum compared with Nephrolepis exaltata

Key Differences

• Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Sword Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gilliard's Flying Fox	Sword Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Nephrolepis
Species	Pteropus gilliardorum	Nephrolepis exaltata

Conservation Status

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Sword Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gilliard's Flying Fox	Sword Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sword Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania), Asia (Turkey), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).