Dark flying fox vs Hime-butana

Pteropus subniger compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• Dark flying fox is Extinct while Hime-butana is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark flying fox	Hime-butana
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Hypochaeris
Species	Pteropus subniger	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

Hime-butana

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark flying fox	Hime-butana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hime-butana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.