Black flying fox vs Vogel tephrosia

Pteropus alecto compared with Tephrosia vogelii

Key Differences

• Black flying fox is Least Concern while Vogel tephrosia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black flying fox	Vogel tephrosia
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)	Tephrosia
Species	Pteropus alecto	Tephrosia vogelii

Conservation Status

Black flying fox

LC — Least Concern

Vogel tephrosia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black flying fox	Vogel tephrosia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vogel tephrosia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.