False Swift vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Borbo fallax compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Swift	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Lepidoptera (ผีเสื้อ)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Hesperiidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Borbo	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Borbo fallax	Pteropus poliocephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Swift and Gray-headed Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

False Swift

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Swift

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.