Big-eared Flying Fox vs Gambia-pea

Pteropus macrotis compared with Crotalaria goreensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Gambia-pea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Crotalaria
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Crotalaria goreensis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Gambia-pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gambia-pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (India, Malaysia, Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Guyana).

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.