Great Flying Fox vs large painted-lady

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Gladiolus undulatus

Key Differences

• Great Flying Fox is Least Concern while large painted-lady is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Flying Fox	large painted-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Iridaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Gladiolus
Species	Pteropus neohibernicus	Gladiolus undulatus

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

large painted-lady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Flying Fox	large painted-lady
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

large painted-lady

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (India), Europe (Portugal), North America (Jamaica), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).