Greenleaf ticktrefoil vs Lyles flying fox

Desmodium intortum compared with Pteropus lylei

Key Differences

• Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern while Lyles flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Lyles flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Desmodium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Desmodium intortum	Pteropus lylei

Conservation Status

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Lyles flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Lyles flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).

Lyles flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.