Dwarf Flying Fox vs Hairy indigo

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Key Differences

• Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern while Hairy indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Flying Fox	Hairy indigo
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)	Indigofera
Species	Pteropus woodfordi	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Hairy indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Flying Fox	Hairy indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy indigo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).