Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Panhandle Prickly-pear

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Opuntia polyacantha

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Panhandle Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Opuntia
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Opuntia polyacantha

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Panhandle Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panhandle Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Czech Republic.