Big-eared Flying Fox vs grass-leaved sorrel

Pteropus macrotis compared with Rumex graminifolius

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while grass-leaved sorrel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	grass-leaved sorrel
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)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Rumex
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Rumex graminifolius

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

grass-leaved sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	grass-leaved sorrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

grass-leaved sorrel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.