Lyles flying fox vs Pencil flower

Pteropus lylei compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Lyles flying fox is Vulnerable while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lyles flying fox	Pencil flower
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)	Stylosanthes
Species	Pteropus lylei	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Lyles flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lyles flying fox	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lyles flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).