Floating Fern vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Salvinia natans compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Salviniaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Salvinia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Salvinia natans	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gilliard's 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).

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.