Brown Cup vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Rutstroemia firma compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Brown Cup is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Cup	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Helotiales (Helotiales)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Rutstroemiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Rutstroemia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Rutstroemia firma	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Brown Cup

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Cup	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Cup

The Brown Cup (Rutstroemia firma) is a species in the genus Rutstroemia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.