Ekouk vs Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Alstonia boonei compared with Pteropus personatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ekouk Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
Kingdom Plantae (plante) Animalia (animal)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (mammifères)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Apocynaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Alstonia Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Alstonia boonei Pteropus personatus

Conservation Status

Ekouk

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ekouk Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ekouk

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ekouk

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

No description available.

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