Dwarf Flying Fox vs Purple Prickly-pear

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Opuntia macrocentra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Flying Fox	Purple Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Opuntia
Species	Pteropus woodfordi	Opuntia macrocentra

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Purple Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Flying Fox	Purple Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Purple Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.