Floating Bur-Reed vs Little Red Flying Fox

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Typhaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Sparganium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.