Bitter Pumpkin vs Great Flying Fox

Cucurbita lundelliana compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bitter Pumpkin Great Flying Fox
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Cucurbitaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Cucurbita Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Cucurbita lundelliana Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Bitter Pumpkin

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bitter Pumpkin Great Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Pumpkin

The Bitter Pumpkin (Cucurbita lundelliana) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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