Elephant Palm vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Borassus aethiopum compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Gray-headed 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 poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Gray-headed 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-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.