Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Pencil flower

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Pencil flower
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)	Stylosanthes
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).