Corn spurry vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Spergula arvensis compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Corn spurry is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn spurry	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Spergula	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Spergula arvensis	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn spurry	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.