Downy Lettuce vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

• Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lactuca	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Lactuca hirsuta	Pteropus chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Moluccan Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Moluccan Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.