Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Narrow-leafed Ash

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Fraxinus angustifolia

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Narrow-leafed Ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Narrow-leafed Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oleaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Fraxinus
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Fraxinus angustifolia

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Narrow-leafed Ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Narrow-leafed Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow-leafed Ash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).