Holywood vs Kosrae Flying Fox

Guaiacum sanctum compared with Pteropus ualanus

Key Differences

• Holywood is Near Threatened while Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Holywood	Kosrae Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Zygophyllaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Guaiacum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Guaiacum sanctum	Pteropus ualanus

Conservation Status

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Holywood	Kosrae Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Kosrae Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.