Big-eared Flying Fox vs Bladder Fern

Pteropus macrotis compared with Cystopteris fragilis

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Bladder Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Polypodiales (ウラボシ目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Cystopteris
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Cystopteris fragilis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Bladder Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Colombia).

Big-eared Flying Fox

The Big-eared Flying Fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder Fern

The Bladder Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.