Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Seagrape

Pteropus howensis compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Seagrape is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Coccoloba
Species	Pteropus howensis	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).