cheken vs Dusky Flying Fox

Luma chequen compared with Pteropus brunneus

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Dusky 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 brunneus

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Dusky 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.

Dusky 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.