Dwarf Flying Fox vs Gambia-pea

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Crotalaria goreensis

Key Differences

• Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern while Gambia-pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Flying Fox	Gambia-pea
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 goreensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Gambia-pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Flying Fox	Gambia-pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gambia-pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (India, Malaysia, Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Guyana).