Gray-headed Flying Fox vs wild safflower

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	wild safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Carthamus
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	wild safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.