Chia vs Pacific Flying Fox

Salvia hispanica compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Chia is Not Evaluated while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chia	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lamiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Salvia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Salvia hispanica	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Chia

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chia	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chia

The Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a species in the genus Salvia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.