Katung Fa vs Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Alionycteris paucidentata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Katung Fa Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา) Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family Apocynaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Alstonia Alionycteris
Species Alstonia macrophylla Alionycteris paucidentata

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Katung Fa Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

No description available.

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

No description available.

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