Great Flying Fox vs southern elder

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

• Great Flying Fox is Least Concern while southern elder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Flying Fox	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Sambucus
Species	Pteropus neohibernicus	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Flying Fox	southern elder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

southern elder

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.