Dark flying fox vs haricot-de-lima

Pteropus subniger compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

  • Dark flying fox is Extinct while haricot-de-lima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dark flying fox haricot-de-lima
Kingdom Animalia (animal) Plantae (plante)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (mammifères) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Fabaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Phaseolus
Species Pteropus subniger Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

haricot-de-lima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dark flying fox haricot-de-lima
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

haricot-de-lima

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Dark flying fox

No description available.

haricot-de-lima

No description available.

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