Downy Lettuce vs Ornate Flying Fox

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Pteropus ornatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	Ornate 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 ornatus

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Ornate 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.

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.