Cay Sua vs Variable Flying Fox

Alstonia scholaris compared with Pteropus hypomelanus

Key Differences

• Cay Sua is Least Concern while Variable Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cay Sua	Variable Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Gentianales (Bộ Long đởm)	Chiroptera (bộ Dơi)
Family	Apocynaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alstonia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Pteropus hypomelanus

Conservation Status

Cay Sua

LC — Least Concern

Variable Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cay Sua	Variable Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cay Sua

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Variable Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cay Sua

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified 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.