American Bladdernut vs Great Flying Fox

Staphylea trifolia compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bladdernut	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Crossosomatales (Crossosomatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Staphyleaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Staphylea	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Staphylea trifolia	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

American Bladdernut

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bladdernut	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Bladdernut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Bladdernut

The American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) is a species in the genus Staphylea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.