Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Green Amaranth

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Amaranthus powellii

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Green Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Green Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Amaranthus
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Amaranthus powellii

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Green Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Green Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).