Big-eared Flying Fox vs cushion hakea

Pteropus macrotis compared with Hakea laurina

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while cushion hakea is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	cushion hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Hakea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Hakea laurina

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

cushion hakea

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	cushion hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cushion hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France and India. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.