Dwarf Flying Fox vs erva-tostão

Pteropus woodfordi compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dwarf Flying Fox erva-tostão
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) Nyctaginaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Boerhavia
Species Pteropus woodfordi Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

erva-tostão

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dwarf Flying Fox erva-tostão
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

erva-tostão

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Dwarf Flying Fox

No description available.

erva-tostão

No description available.

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