Chickenweed vs Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Alionycteris paucidentata

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Portulacaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Portulaca	Alionycteris
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Alionycteris paucidentata

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.