coral-bean vs Dark flying fox

Erythrina fusca compared with Pteropus subniger

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Dark flying fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Dark flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Erythrina	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Erythrina fusca	Pteropus subniger

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Dark flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.