Teufelsbaum vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Alstonia scholaris compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• Teufelsbaum is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Teufelsbaum	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Gentianales (Enzianartige)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alstonia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

Teufelsbaum

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Teufelsbaum	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Teufelsbaum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Teufelsbaum

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.