blackneck vs Great Flying Fox

Lygephila pastinum compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank blackneck Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Insecta (Insects) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Erebidae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Lygephila Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Lygephila pastinum Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

blackneck and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

blackneck

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute blackneck Great Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

blackneck

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Cabo Verde, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

blackneck

The Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum) is a species in the genus Lygephila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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