Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (प्राणी)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum same	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class same	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order same	Chiroptera (चमगादड़)	Chiroptera (चमगादड़)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Diphylla
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Diphylla ecaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-headed Flying Fox and Hairy-legged Vampire Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (चमगादड़)

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.