Coyote gourd vs Great Flying Fox

Cucurbita cordata compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coyote gourd	Great 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 cordata	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Coyote gourd

DD — Data Deficient

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coyote gourd	Great 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.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.