Big-eared Flying Fox vs Early Buttercup

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ranunculus fascicularis

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Early Buttercup is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Early Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ranunculus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ranunculus fascicularis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Early Buttercup

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Early Buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Early Buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.