Pacific Flying Fox vs Tangerine

Pteropus tonganus compared with Citrus reticulata

Key Differences

• Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern while Tangerine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pacific Flying Fox	Tangerine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Citrus
Species	Pteropus tonganus	Citrus reticulata

Conservation Status

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Tangerine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pacific Flying Fox	Tangerine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tangerine

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Laos), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).