Elephant Palm vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Borassus aethiopum compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Elephant Palm is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Ontong Java 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 howensis

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Ontong Java 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.

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.