Big-eared Flying Fox vs Elephant Apple

Pteropus macrotis compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Dillenia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.