Dixie ticktrefoil vs Pacific Flying Fox

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Pteropus tonganus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dixie ticktrefoil Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Fabaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Desmodium Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Desmodium tortuosum Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dixie ticktrefoil Pacific Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

No description available.

Pacific Flying Fox

No description available.

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