Little Red Flying Fox vs Thread Weed

Pteropus scapulatus compared with Ulva compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Little Red Flying Fox	Thread Weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ulvaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ulva
Species	Pteropus scapulatus	Ulva compressa

Conservation Status

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Thread Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Little Red Flying Fox	Thread Weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thread Weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).