Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Vegetable fern

Pteropus howensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Diplazium
Species	Pteropus howensis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.