Great Flying Fox vs fava

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Great Flying Fox fava
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (plantas)
Phylum Chordata (cordados) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (mamíferos) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (morcego) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Fabaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Phaseolus
Species Pteropus neohibernicus Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

fava

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Great Flying Fox fava
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fava

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

fava

No description available.

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