Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Tape grass

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Vallisneria
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tape grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).