Fan-tailed Widowbird vs Great Flying Fox

Euplectes axillaris compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fan-tailed Widowbird	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Ploceidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Euplectes	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Euplectes axillaris	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fan-tailed Widowbird and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Fan-tailed Widowbird

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fan-tailed Widowbird	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United Kingdom.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.