Gray-headed Flying Fox vs White Olive

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Terminalia arbuscula

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while White Olive is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	White Olive
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Combretaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Terminalia
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Terminalia arbuscula

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

White Olive

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Olive

Habitat

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