New Caledonian Flying Fox vs redhead

Pteropus vetula compared with Hamelia patens

Key Differences

• New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened while redhead is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Caledonian Flying Fox	redhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Hamelia
Species	Pteropus vetula	Hamelia patens

Conservation Status

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

redhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

redhead

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).