Pacific Flying Fox vs Texas Ash

Pteropus tonganus compared with Fraxinus albicans

Key Differences

• Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern while Texas Ash is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pacific Flying Fox	Texas Ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oleaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Fraxinus
Species	Pteropus tonganus	Fraxinus albicans

Conservation Status

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Texas Ash

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pacific Flying Fox	Texas Ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Texas Ash

Habitat

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