Coppery Thorntail vs Great Flying Fox

Discosura letitiae compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Coppery Thorntail is Data Deficient while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coppery Thorntail	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Trochilidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Discosura	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Discosura letitiae	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Coppery Thorntail and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Coppery Thorntail

DD — Data Deficient

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coppery Thorntail	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coppery Thorntail

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.