Gray-headed Flying Fox vs western whitewood

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Atalaya hemiglauca

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	western whitewood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Atalaya
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Atalaya hemiglauca

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

western whitewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

western whitewood

Habitat

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