Ontong Java Flying Fox vs Pencil flower

Pteropus howensis compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Pencil flower
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)	Stylosanthes
Species	Pteropus howensis	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).