chainfruit vs Variable Flying Fox

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Pteropus hypomelanus

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Variable Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Variable 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	Alyxia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Pteropus hypomelanus

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Variable Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Variable Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Variable Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.