ilima vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Sida cordifolia compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ilima	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Malvaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Sida	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Sida cordifolia	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ilima	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.