Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Desmodium intortum

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
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)	Desmodium
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Desmodium intortum

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).