Dusky Flying Fox vs round-leaf cassia

Pteropus brunneus compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Chamaecrista
Species	Pteropus brunneus	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).