Big-eared Flying Fox vs forked veilwort

Pteropus macrotis compared with Metzgeria furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	forked veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Metzgeria
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Metzgeria furcata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

forked veilwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

forked veilwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.