False Serotine Bat vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Pteropus howensis

Evolutionary Relationship

False Serotine Bat and Ontong Java Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Serotine Bat	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.