Dusky Flying Fox vs Reticulated Python

Pteropus brunneus compared with Python reticulatus

Key Differences

• Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct while Reticulated Python is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Flying Fox	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Reptilia (爬行纲)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Squamata (有鱗目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Python (Pythons)
Species	Pteropus brunneus	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Dusky Flying Fox and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索动物门)

Conservation Status

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Flying Fox	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Reticulated Python

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.

Reticulated Python

网纹蟒（Python reticulatus）是世界上最长、体重最大的蛇之一。以缠绕方式将猎物勒死。