Zorro Volador de Andaman vs Ahitera

Pteropus melanotus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Zorro Volador de Andaman is Vulnerable while Ahitera is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Zorro Volador de Andaman	Ahitera
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Senna
Species	Pteropus melanotus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Zorro Volador de Andaman

VU — Vulnerable

Ahitera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Zorro Volador de Andaman	Ahitera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Zorro Volador de Andaman

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ahitera

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Zorro Volador de Andaman

The Black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.