Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Rabbitear iris

Pteropus howensis compared with Iris laevigata

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Rabbitear iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Rabbitear iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Iris
Species	Pteropus howensis	Iris laevigata

Evolutionary Relationship

Ontong Java Flying Fox and Rabbitear iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Rabbitear iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Rabbitear iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rabbitear iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).