Fragrant manjack vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Cordia dichotoma compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

• Fragrant manjack is Least Concern while Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cordiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cordia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Pteropus chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Moluccan Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Moluccan Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.