Black flying fox vs Tara vine

Pteropus alecto compared with Actinidia arguta

Key Differences

• Black flying fox is Least Concern while Tara vine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black flying fox	Tara vine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Actinidiaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Actinidia
Species	Pteropus alecto	Actinidia arguta

Conservation Status

Black flying fox

LC — Least Concern

Tara vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black flying fox	Tara vine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tara vine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Sweden), and North America (Canada, 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.