Broken Hill Gidgee vs Great Flying Fox

Acacia loderi compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Acacia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Acacia loderi	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

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

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.