Kosrae Flying Fox vs Septicweed

Pteropus ualanus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

  • Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Kosrae Flying Fox Septicweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Fabaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Senna
Species Pteropus ualanus Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Kosrae Flying Fox Septicweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kosrae Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Kosrae Flying Fox

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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