Pacific Flying Fox vs Stinking willie

Pteropus tonganus compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Pacific Flying Fox Stinking willie
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) Jacobaea
Species Pteropus tonganus Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Pacific Flying Fox Stinking willie
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking willie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Pacific Flying Fox

No description available.

Stinking willie

No description available.

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