Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Hawthorn-Leaf Maple

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Acer crataegifolium

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Hawthorn-Leaf Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hawthorn-Leaf Maple
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)	Acer
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Acer crataegifolium

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Hawthorn-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hawthorn-Leaf Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hawthorn-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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