brackwater mangrove vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Barringtonia racemosa compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• brackwater mangrove is Least Concern while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brackwater mangrove	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lecythidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Barringtonia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Barringtonia racemosa	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

brackwater mangrove

LC — Least Concern

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brackwater mangrove	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brackwater mangrove

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros and Taiwan.

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

brackwater mangrove

The Brackwater mangrove (Barringtonia racemosa) is a species in the genus Barringtonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.