Chinaroot vs Great Flying Fox

Dioscorea villosa compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Dioscorea	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

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.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.