Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Pteropus howensis compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Uroderma
Species	Pteropus howensis	Uroderma convexum

Evolutionary Relationship

Ontong Java Flying Fox and Pacific Tent-making Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.