Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Papyrus

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Cyperus papyrus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Papyrus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Cyperus
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Papyrus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).