desmodie vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Desmodium intortum compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

• desmodie is Least Concern while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	desmodie	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Desmodium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Desmodium intortum	Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

desmodie

LC — Least Concern

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	desmodie	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

desmodie

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.