Dark flying fox vs Jointed Pricklypear

Pteropus subniger compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Dark flying fox is Extinct while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dark flying fox	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)	Caryophyllales (อันดับคาร์เนชัน)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Opuntia
Species	Pteropus subniger	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Dark flying fox

EX — Extinct

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dark flying fox	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dark flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.