Comoro Flying Fox vs Great Stripe-faced Bat

Pteropus livingstonii compared with Vampyrodes major

Key Differences

• Comoro Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Great Stripe-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Comoro Flying Fox	Great Stripe-faced Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (حيوانات)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum same	Chordata (حبليات)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class same	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order same	Chiroptera (خفاشيات)	Chiroptera (خفاشيات)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Vampyrodes
Species	Pteropus livingstonii	Vampyrodes major

Evolutionary Relationship

Comoro Flying Fox and Great Stripe-faced Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (خفاشيات)

Conservation Status

Comoro Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Great Stripe-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Comoro Flying Fox	Great Stripe-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Comoro Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Comoro Flying Fox

<em>Pteropus livingstonii</em>, the Comoro flying fox or Livingstone's fruit bat, is a large fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae, endemic to the Comoro Islands in the western Indian Ocean, where it is restricted to Anjouan and Mohéli. It is one of the largest bats in the world, with a wingspan that can exceed one meter and a body weight reportedly ranging between 400–700 g. The species roosts colonially in tall native forest trees, particularly in humid upland forest fragments, and feeds on a variety of native fruits, nectar, and pollen, playing a critical role as a seed disperser and pollinator in Comoran forest ecosystems. Precise average lifespan data in the wild remain poorly documented, though captive individuals have lived over 20 years. <em>Pteropus livingstonii</em> is assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, making it one of the most threatened bat species in the world. Primary threats include extensive deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and charcoal production, which has severely reduced suitable roosting and foraging habitat, along with historic hunting. Conservation efforts include habitat protection, community education programs, and captive breeding initiatives at several European zoos coordinated through an international species survival program.