gratiola vs Great Flying Fox

Gratiola officinalis compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• gratiola is Critically Endangered while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gratiola	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Plantaginaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Gratiola	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Gratiola officinalis	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.