Big-eared Flying Fox vs Ceylon-olive

Pteropus macrotis compared with Elaeocarpus serratus

Key Differences

  • Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Ceylon-olive is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-eared Flying Fox Ceylon-olive
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Elaeocarpaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Elaeocarpus
Species Pteropus macrotis Elaeocarpus serratus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-eared Flying Fox Ceylon-olive
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

Big-eared Flying Fox

The Big-eared Flying Fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

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