Dusky Flying Fox vs fat duckweed

Pteropus brunneus compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Flying Fox	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Lemna
Species	Pteropus brunneus	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Flying Fox	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).