Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Partridge-Pea

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Chamaecrista nictitans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Partridge-Pea
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)	Chamaecrista
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Chamaecrista nictitans

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Partridge-Pea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Partridge-Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).