Easter cassia vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Senna pendula compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

Easter cassia is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Easter cassia	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Senna	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Senna pendula	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Easter cassia	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Easter cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Portugal), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).