Ontong Java Flying Fox vs red-necked wallaby

Pteropus howensis compared with Macropus rufogriseus

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while red-necked wallaby is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox	red-necked wallaby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Macropus (Kangaroos)
Species	Pteropus howensis	Macropus rufogriseus

Evolutionary Relationship

Ontong Java Flying Fox and red-necked wallaby share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

red-necked wallaby

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	red-necked wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-necked wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and South America (Colombia).

red-necked wallaby

O wallabi-de-pescoco-vermelho (Macropus rufogriseus) esta classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. E uma especie amplamente distribuida e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.