New Caledonian Flying Fox vs true senna

Pteropus vetula compared with Senna alexandrina

Key Differences

• New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened while true senna is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Caledonian Flying Fox	true senna
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)	Senna
Species	Pteropus vetula	Senna alexandrina

Conservation Status

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

true senna

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Caledonian Flying Fox	true senna
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

true senna

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Iraq, Qatar, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).