Big-eared Flying Fox vs Forked chickweed

Pteropus macrotis compared with Cerastium dichotomum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Forked chickweed
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)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Cerastium
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Cerastium dichotomum

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Forked chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forked chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.