Mexican cedar vs Pacific Flying Fox

Cedrela odorata compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Mexican cedar is Endangered while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican cedar	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Meliaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cedrela	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cedrela odorata	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Mexican cedar

EN — Endangered

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican cedar	Pacific Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican cedar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.