Gray Flying Fox vs round-leaf cassia

Pteropus griseus compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Gray Flying Fox is Vulnerable while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Chamaecrista
Species	Pteropus griseus	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Gray Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Flying Fox	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).