Big-eared Flying Fox vs Cork Elm

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ulmus thomasii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Cork Elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ulmaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ulmus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ulmus thomasii

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Cork Elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Cork Elm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cork Elm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.