vs Ontong Java Flying Fox

Chroococcus cumulatus compared with Pteropus howensis

Key Differences

  • is Not Evaluated while Ontong Java Flying Fox is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ontong Java Flying Fox
Kingdom Bacteria (Bacteria) Animalia (动物界)
Phylum Cyanobacteria (藍菌門) Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class Cyanobacteriia Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order Cyanobacteriales (蓝菌目) Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family Microcystaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Chroococcus Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Chroococcus cumulatus Pteropus howensis

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Ontong Java Flying Fox

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ontong Java Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Ontong Java Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chroococcus cumulatus is a cyanobacterium in the family Chroococcaceae, found in freshwater and semi-aquatic habitats. Members of the genus Chroococcus are among the simplest organized cyanobacteria, consisting of spherical cells that divide by binary fission to form pairs or tetrads held together within layered gelatinous sheaths. Cyanobacteria are cosmopolitan prokaryotes that carry out oxygenic photosynthesis using pigments including chlorophyll a, phycocyanin, and phycoerythrin. Chroococcus species occur in diverse aquatic habitats ranging from standing freshwater bodies to damp soil surfaces, rock faces, and tree bark in humid environments. The genus has historically been characterized primarily on the basis of cell size, sheath structure, and colony organization, though molecular analysis has increasingly revealed cryptic diversity within morphologically defined groups. Chroococcus cumulatus has been documented from northern European freshwater habitats. As a microscopic prokaryote, it has not been assessed by the IUCN, and its ecological role centers on primary production at the base of aquatic food webs in its habitat.

Ontong Java Flying Fox

No description available.

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