Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge vs Guam Flying Fox

Carex retrorsa compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge is Least Concern while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge	Guam Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Carex	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Carex retrorsa	Pteropus tokudae

Conservation Status

Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge	Guam Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deflexed Bottlebrush Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.