Antelope Grass vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Echinochloa pyramidalis compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Antelope Grass is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Antelope Grass	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Echinochloa	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Echinochloa pyramidalis	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Antelope Grass

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Antelope Grass	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Antelope Grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Nepal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Antelope Grass

The Antelope Grass (Echinochloa pyramidalis) is a species in the genus Echinochloa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations.