Katung Fa vs New Caledonian Flying Fox

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Pteropus vetula

Key Differences

• Katung Fa is Least Concern while New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	New Caledonian Flying Fox
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	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Pteropus vetula

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	New Caledonian Flying Fox
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.

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.