African Elemi vs Moluccan Flying Fox

Canarium schweinfurthii compared with Pteropus chrysoproctus

Key Differences

• African Elemi is Least Concern while Moluccan Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Elemi	Moluccan Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Sapindales (ムクロジ目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Burseraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Canarium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Canarium schweinfurthii	Pteropus chrysoproctus

Conservation Status

African Elemi

LC — Least Concern

Moluccan Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Elemi	Moluccan Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Elemi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Chad and Guinea.

Moluccan Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Elemi

The African Elemi (Canarium schweinfurthii) is a species in the genus Canarium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and.