Great Flying Fox vs Seychelles Pandanus

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Pandanus sechellarum

Key Differences

• Great Flying Fox is Least Concern while Seychelles Pandanus is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Flying Fox	Seychelles Pandanus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pandanaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Pandanus
Species	Pteropus neohibernicus	Pandanus sechellarum

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Seychelles Pandanus

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Flying Fox	Seychelles Pandanus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seychelles Pandanus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Seychelles. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.