Black flying fox vs escadinha-do-céu

Pteropus alecto compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Black flying fox is Least Concern while escadinha-do-céu is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black flying fox	escadinha-do-céu
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Nephrolepis
Species	Pteropus alecto	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Black flying fox

LC — Least Concern

escadinha-do-céu

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black flying fox	escadinha-do-céu
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

escadinha-do-céu

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black flying fox

The Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.