Lagos-rubber vs Lyles flying fox

Funtumia africana compared with Pteropus lylei

Key Differences

• Lagos-rubber is Least Concern while Lyles flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Lyles flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Funtumia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Funtumia africana	Pteropus lylei

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Lyles flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Lyles flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Lyles flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.