Banks Flying Fox vs baga-de-praia

Pteropus fundatus compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Key Differences

• Banks Flying Fox is Endangered while baga-de-praia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banks Flying Fox	baga-de-praia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Coccoloba
Species	Pteropus fundatus	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Banks Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

baga-de-praia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banks Flying Fox	baga-de-praia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banks Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

baga-de-praia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.