Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Indian Jointvetch

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Aeschynomene indica

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Indian Jointvetch is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Indian Jointvetch
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)	Aeschynomene
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Aeschynomene indica

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Indian Jointvetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Indian Jointvetch
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian Jointvetch

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).