Dark flying fox vs five-leaf crotalaria

Pteropus subniger compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Dark flying fox is Extinct while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark flying fox	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Crotalaria
Species	Pteropus subniger	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark flying fox	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).