Gray-headed Flying Fox vs lettered cone

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Conus litteratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	lettered cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Conidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Conus
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Conus litteratus

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-headed Flying Fox and lettered cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

lettered cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lettered cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), and Europe (Norway).