Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Sapele

Pteropus howensis compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meliaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Entandrophragma
Species	Pteropus howensis	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.