cheken vs Dark flying fox

Luma chequen compared with Pteropus subniger

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Dark flying fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Dark flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Myrtaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Luma	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Luma chequen	Pteropus subniger

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Dark flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.