Cowberry Redleaf vs Guam Flying Fox

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• Cowberry Redleaf is Least Concern while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Guam Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Exobasidium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Exobasidium vaccinii	Pteropus tokudae

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Guam Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cowberry Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.