Alligatorweed vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Key Differences

• Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Dwarf 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	Caryophyllales (ナデシコ目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alternanthera	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Pteropus woodfordi

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alligatorweed	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.