Big-eared Flying Fox vs Crown Daisy

Pteropus macrotis compared with Glebionis coronaria

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Crown Daisy is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Crown Daisy
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)	Glebionis
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Glebionis coronaria

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Crown Daisy

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Crown Daisy
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crown Daisy

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Rwanda, South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.