Big-eared Flying Fox vs Ginger-leaf morning-glory

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ipomoea asarifolia

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Ginger-leaf morning-glory is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Ginger-leaf morning-glory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ipomoea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ipomoea asarifolia

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Ginger-leaf morning-glory

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Ginger-leaf morning-glory
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ginger-leaf morning-glory

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad, Guinea), Asia (India), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.