Button Sedge vs Little Red Flying Fox

Carex bullata compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• Button Sedge is Data Deficient while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button Sedge	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Poales (Süßgrasartige)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Cyperaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Carex	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Carex bullata	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Button Sedge

DD — Data Deficient

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button Sedge	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button Sedge

The Button Sedge (Carex bullata) is a species in the genus Carex. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.