Banks Flying Fox vs Blistering Ammania

Pteropus fundatus compared with Ammannia baccifera

Key Differences

• Banks Flying Fox is Endangered while Blistering Ammania is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banks Flying Fox	Blistering Ammania
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Myrtales (도금양목)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lythraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ammannia
Species	Pteropus fundatus	Ammannia baccifera

Conservation Status

Banks Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banks Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).

Banks Flying Fox

The Banks Flying Fox (Pteropus fundatus) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. 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