Big-eared Flying Fox vs Cowberry Redleaf

Pteropus macrotis compared with Exobasidium vaccinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Cowberry Redleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Exobasidium
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Exobasidium vaccinii

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Cowberry Redleaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cowberry Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.