Beggar'S-Buttons vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Arctium lappa compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Asterales (菊目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Arctium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Arctium lappa	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.