pau-rosa vs Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Aniba rosaeodora compared with Pteropus pumilus

Key Differences

• pau-rosa is Critically Endangered while Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	pau-rosa	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Laurales (Laurales)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Lauraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Aniba	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Aniba rosaeodora	Pteropus pumilus

Conservation Status

pau-rosa

CR — Critically Endangered

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	pau-rosa	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

pau-rosa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pau-rosa

The Brazilian rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora) is a species in the genus Aniba. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the