Big-eared Flying Fox vs cotton fireweed

Pteropus macrotis compared with Senecio quadridentatus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while cotton fireweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	cotton fireweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Senecio
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Senecio quadridentatus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

cotton fireweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	cotton fireweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cotton fireweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.