Gray-headed Flying Fox vs Lagos-rubber

Pteropus poliocephalus compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Funtumia
Species	Pteropus poliocephalus	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-headed Flying Fox	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.