Big-eared Flying Fox vs Fivefingers

Pteropus macrotis compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Araceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Syngonium
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.