Gray-headed Flying Fox vs carisse

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while carisse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	carisse
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Carissa
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

carisse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	carisse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

carisse

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).