Bladder Fern vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Cystopteris fragilis compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Bladder Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder Fern	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Polypodiopsida (水龍骨綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Polypodiales (水龙骨目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cystopteris	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cystopteris fragilis	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Bladder Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder Fern	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

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.