Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Wrinkled medick

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Medicago rugosa

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Wrinkled medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Wrinkled medick
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)	Medicago
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Wrinkled medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).