Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Jerusalem thorn

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Parkinsonia aculeata

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Jerusalem thorn is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Jerusalem thorn
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)	Parkinsonia
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Parkinsonia aculeata

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Jerusalem thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Jerusalem thorn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jerusalem thorn

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (16 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).