Lemon grass vs Ornate Flying Fox

Cymbopogon citratus compared with Pteropus ornatus

Key Differences

• Lemon grass is Not Evaluated while Ornate Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemon grass	Ornate Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cymbopogon	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cymbopogon citratus	Pteropus ornatus

Conservation Status

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemon grass	Ornate Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemon grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.