Ornate Flying Fox vs Pencil flower

Pteropus ornatus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Ornate Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ornate Flying Fox	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Stylosanthes
Species	Pteropus ornatus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ornate Flying Fox	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).