Cutnut vs Pacific Flying Fox

Barringtonia edulis compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Cutnut is Data Deficient while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cutnut	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lecythidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Barringtonia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Barringtonia edulis	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Cutnut

DD — Data Deficient

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cutnut	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cutnut

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.