Pacific Flying Fox vs Serpentine Sunflower

Pteropus tonganus compared with Helianthus exilis

Key Differences

• Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern while Serpentine Sunflower is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pacific Flying Fox	Serpentine Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Pteropus tonganus	Helianthus exilis

Conservation Status

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Serpentine Sunflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pacific Flying Fox	Serpentine Sunflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Serpentine Sunflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.