Big-eared Flying Fox vs Fleeceflower

Pteropus macrotis compared with Reynoutria japonica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Fleeceflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Reynoutria
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Reynoutria japonica

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Fleeceflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fleeceflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Taiwan), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.