Black flying fox vs Hopea Heavy

Pteropus alecto compared with Hopea iriana

Key Differences

• Black flying fox is Least Concern while Hopea Heavy is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black flying fox	Hopea Heavy
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Hopea
Species	Pteropus alecto	Hopea iriana

Conservation Status

Black flying fox

LC — Least Concern

Hopea Heavy

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black flying fox	Hopea Heavy
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hopea Heavy

Habitat

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

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.