iron-grass vs Little Red Flying Fox

Spermacoce confusa compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• iron-grass is Not Evaluated while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	iron-grass	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rubiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Spermacoce	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Spermacoce confusa	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	iron-grass	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.