Dark flying fox vs jumbie-pineapple

Pteropus subniger compared with Tillandsia utriculata

Key Differences

• Dark flying fox is Extinct while jumbie-pineapple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark flying fox	jumbie-pineapple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bromeliaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Tillandsia
Species	Pteropus subniger	Tillandsia utriculata

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

jumbie-pineapple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark flying fox	jumbie-pineapple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

jumbie-pineapple

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