Big-eared Flying Fox vs cylindrical cone

Pteropus macrotis compared with Conus cylindraceus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	cylindrical cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Conidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Conus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Conus cylindraceus

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-eared Flying Fox and cylindrical cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

cylindrical cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	cylindrical cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cylindrical cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Solomon Islands).

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.