Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Acer negundo compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Acer	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Acer negundo	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

The Box-elder, Ash-leaved Maple (Acer negundo) is a species in the genus Acer. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.