Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Napoleon's plume

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Bauhinia monandra

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Napoleon's plume is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Napoleon's plume
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)	Bauhinia
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Bauhinia monandra

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Napoleon's plume

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Napoleon's plume
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Napoleon's plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), and South America (Colombia).