boxthorn vs Great Flying Fox

Lycium europaeum compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• boxthorn is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	boxthorn	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Solanaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lycium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Lycium europaeum	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

boxthorn

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	boxthorn	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

boxthorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, France, India, Portugal, and Spain.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

boxthorn

The Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum) is a species in the genus Lycium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Croatia, France, India, Portugal and Spain.