Gilliard's Flying Fox vs red-cedar

Pteropus gilliardorum compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gilliard's Flying Fox	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meliaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Trichilia
Species	Pteropus gilliardorum	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gilliard's Flying Fox	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.