New Caledonian Flying Fox vs Nutmeg

Pteropus vetula compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Caledonian Flying Fox	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myristicaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Myristica
Species	Pteropus vetula	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Caledonian Flying Fox	Nutmeg
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nutmeg

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).