Buff-thighed Puffleg vs Great Flying Fox

Haplophaedia assimilis compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-thighed Puffleg	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Trochilidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Haplophaedia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Haplophaedia assimilis	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-thighed Puffleg and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Buff-thighed Puffleg

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-thighed Puffleg	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-thighed Puffleg

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buff-thighed Puffleg

The Buff-Thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) is a species in the genus Haplophaedia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.