Dwarf Flying Fox vs Silkrubber

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Flying Fox	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Funtumia
Species	Pteropus woodfordi	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Flying Fox	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.