False Grass-poly vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Lythrum junceum compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• False Grass-poly is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Grass-poly	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lythraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lythrum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Lythrum junceum	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

False Grass-poly

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Grass-poly	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Grass-poly

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.