Barbados nut vs Dusky Flying Fox

Jatropha curcas compared with Pteropus brunneus

Key Differences

  • Barbados nut is Not Evaluated while Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Barbados nut Dusky Flying Fox
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Malpighiales (Malpighiales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Euphorbiaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Jatropha Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Jatropha curcas Pteropus brunneus

Conservation Status

Barbados nut

NE — Not Evaluated

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Barbados nut Dusky Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barbados nut

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (44 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (17 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Dusky Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Barbados nut

The Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Po.

Dusky Flying Fox

No description available.

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