Ontong Java Flying Fox vs spitting spiders

Pteropus howensis compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	spitting spiders
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Scytodidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Scytodes
Species	Pteropus howensis	Scytodes fusca

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.