Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Yellow Prickle

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Yellow Prickle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Yellow Prickle
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)	Rutaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Zanthoxylum
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Yellow Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.