Dwarf Flying Fox vs lime prickly-ash

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Flying Fox	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Zanthoxylum
Species	Pteropus woodfordi	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Flying Fox	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.