Doum Palm vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hyphaene	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Pteropus woodfordi

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.