Chestnut Sedge vs Great Flying Fox

Carex castanea compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Sedge is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sedge	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Carex	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Carex castanea	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sedge	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Sedge

The Chestnut Sedge (Carex castanea) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.