Deviltree vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

Deviltree is Least Concern while Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alstonia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Pteropus chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	Moluccan Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.