Boatlily vs Kosrae Flying Fox

Tradescantia spathacea compared with Pteropus ualanus

Key Differences

• Boatlily is Not Evaluated while Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boatlily	Kosrae Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Commelinaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Tradescantia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Tradescantia spathacea	Pteropus ualanus

Conservation Status

Boatlily

NE — Not Evaluated

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boatlily	Kosrae Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boatlily

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Kosrae Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Boatlily

The Boatlily (Tradescantia spathacea) is a species in the genus Tradescantia. Native to Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.