New Caledonian Flying Fox vs Stinking willie

Pteropus vetula compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Caledonian Flying Fox	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Jacobaea
Species	Pteropus vetula	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Caledonian Flying Fox	Stinking willie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking willie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).