Black flying fox vs Council tree

Pteropus alecto compared with Ficus altissima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black flying fox	Council tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Moraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ficus
Species	Pteropus alecto	Ficus altissima

Conservation Status

Black flying fox

LC — Least Concern

Council tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black flying fox	Council tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Council tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Tanzania, and United States.

Black flying fox

The Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.