Coyote gourd vs Pacific Flying Fox

Cucurbita palmata compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Coyote gourd is Data Deficient while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coyote gourd	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cucurbita	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cucurbita palmata	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Coyote gourd

DD — Data Deficient

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coyote gourd	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coyote gourd

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.