Big-eared Flying Fox vs Highbush Cranberry

Pteropus macrotis compared with Viburnum edule

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Highbush Cranberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Highbush Cranberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Viburnum
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Viburnum edule

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Highbush Cranberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Highbush Cranberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Highbush Cranberry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, and United States.

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.