'Ihi vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Oxalis corniculata compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• 'Ihi is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	'Ihi	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Oxalis	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Oxalis corniculata	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	'Ihi	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.