Fox Potato vs Great Flying Fox

Solanum lignicaule compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Fox Potato is Endangered while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fox Potato	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Solanaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Solanum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Solanum lignicaule	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Fox Potato

EN — Endangered

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fox Potato	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fox Potato

Habitat

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

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.