Apple blossom vs Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Cassia javanica compared with Pteropus pumilus

Key Differences

• Apple blossom is Not Evaluated while Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple blossom	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cassia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cassia javanica	Pteropus pumilus

Conservation Status

Apple blossom

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple blossom	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple blossom

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Apple blossom

The Apple blossom (Cassia javanica) is a species in the genus Cassia. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.