Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Jio

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Commelina benghalensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Jio
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Commelinaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Commelina
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).