Elephant Jack vs Ornate Flying Fox

Artocarpus tamaran compared with Pteropus ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Jack	Ornate Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Moraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Artocarpus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Artocarpus tamaran	Pteropus ornatus

Conservation Status

Elephant Jack

VU — Vulnerable

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Jack	Ornate Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Jack

Habitat

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

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.