Great Flying Fox vs Red-footed Booby

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Sula sula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Flying Fox	Red-footed Booby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Suliformes (Suliformes)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sulidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Sula
Species	Pteropus neohibernicus	Sula sula

Evolutionary Relationship

Great Flying Fox and Red-footed Booby share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Red-footed Booby

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Flying Fox	Red-footed Booby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-footed Booby

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.