Dwarf Flying Fox vs five-leaf crotalaria

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dwarf Flying Fox five-leaf crotalaria
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) Crotalaria
Species Pteropus woodfordi Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dwarf Flying Fox five-leaf crotalaria
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Dwarf Flying Fox

No description available.

five-leaf crotalaria

No description available.

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