arrowhead vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• arrowhead is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowhead	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Alismatales (อันดับขาเขียด)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Alismataceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Sagittaria	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Sagittaria sagittifolia	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrowhead	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.