Blistering Ammania vs Ornate Flying Fox

Ammannia baccifera compared with Pteropus ornatus

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Ornate Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Ornate 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	Myrtales (フトモモ目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Lythraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Ammannia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Pteropus ornatus

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Ornate Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian