Ontong Java Flying Fox vs

Pteropus howensis compared with Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Key Differences

• Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoário)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Stemonitidales
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Stemonitidaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Symphytocarpus
Species	Pteropus howensis	Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Conservation Status

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides e um mixomiceto que produz esporangios escuros e agrupados em madeira em decomposicao e detritos vegetais em ambientes florestais. Pertence a um grupo de organismos que alternam entre um plasmodio movel e nutricional e um estagio reprodutivo esporangial. Como outros mixomicetos, contribui para a ecologia microbiana alimentando-se de bacterias e detritos em habitats florestais.