Bay rum tree vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Pimenta racemosa compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Bay rum tree is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bay rum tree	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Myrtaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Pimenta	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Pimenta racemosa	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

Bay rum tree

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bay rum tree	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bay rum tree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Benin, Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (India), North America (Bahamas, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Tonga), and South America (Colombia).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bay rum tree

The Bay rum tree (Pimenta racemosa) is a species in the genus Pimenta. 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 grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms