Gray-headed Flying Fox vs High mallow

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Malva sylvestris

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while High mallow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	High mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Malva
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

High mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	High mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

High mallow

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).