Black-bearded Flying Fox vs round-leaf cassia

Pteropus melanopogon compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Black-bearded Flying Fox is Endangered while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-bearded Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Chamaecrista
Species	Pteropus melanopogon	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Black-bearded Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-bearded Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-bearded Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black-bearded Flying Fox

The Black-bearded Flying Fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.