Formosan koa vs Great Flying Fox

Acacia confusa compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Formosan koa Great 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 Acacia Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Acacia confusa Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Formosan koa

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Formosan koa Great Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Formosan koa

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau).

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Formosan koa

No description available.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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