Bed-jacket vs Black-eared flying fox

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Pteropus melanotus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Black-eared flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Black-eared flying fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Alectryon	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Pteropus melanotus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Black-eared flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Black-eared flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Black-eared flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Black-eared flying fox

The Black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.