vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Dolichospermum viguieri compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Nostocaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Dolichospermum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Dolichospermum viguieri	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dolichospermum viguieri is a filamentous, heterocystous cyanobacterium in the family Aphanizomenonaceae found in freshwater environments. It forms gas-vacuolate cells enabling it to regulate buoyancy in the water column and can contribute to cyanobacterial blooms. Its conservation status is not evaluated.