Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Silkrubber

Pteropus howensis compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Funtumia
Species	Pteropus howensis	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.