five-leaf crotalaria vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Crotalaria	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Pteropus chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Moluccan Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Moluccan Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.