Dark flying fox vs hooked-pepperwort

Pteropus subniger compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Dark flying fox is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark flying fox	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Marsilea
Species	Pteropus subniger	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark flying fox	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.