Elephant Palm vs Gray Flying Fox

Borassus aethiopum compared with Pteropus griseus

Key Differences

• Elephant Palm is Least Concern while Gray Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Gray Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Arecaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Borassus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Pteropus griseus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Gray Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Gray Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.