Ontong Java Flying Fox vs fava

Pteropus howensis compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java 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 howensis	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

fava

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ontong Java Flying Fox	fava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java 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).