Orange wattle vs Ornate Flying Fox

Acacia saligna compared with Pteropus ornatus

Key Differences

• Orange wattle is Not Evaluated while Ornate Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange wattle	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	Fabales (マメ目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Acacia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Acacia saligna	Pteropus ornatus

Conservation Status

Orange wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange wattle	Ornate Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange wattle

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (19 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru).

Ornate Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.