Big-eared Flying Fox vs Garden Bumblebee

Pteropus macrotis compared with Bombus hortorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Garden Bumblebee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apidae (Bees)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Bombus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Bombus hortorum

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-eared Flying Fox and Garden Bumblebee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Garden Bumblebee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Bumblebee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) 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.