Branching Campion vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Silene dichotoma compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Branching Campion is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Branching Campion	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Silene	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Silene dichotoma	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Branching Campion

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Branching Campion	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Branching Campion

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Branching Campion

The Branching campion (Silene dichotoma) is a species in the genus Silene. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Canada.