Big-eared Flying Fox vs Hairy Snakefern

Pteropus macrotis compared with Microgramma piloselloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Hairy Snakefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Microgramma
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Microgramma piloselloides

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Snakefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Hairy Snakefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Snakefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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.