Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Hard Alectryon

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Hard Alectryon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hard Alectryon
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)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Alectryon
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

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