Chinaroot vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Dioscorea villosa compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (tumbuhan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Chiroptera (Kelelawar)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Dioscorea	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.