Elephant Palm vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Borassus aethiopum compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Moluccan 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 chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Moluccan 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.

Moluccan Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.