Big-eared Flying Fox vs Indian-plum

Pteropus macrotis compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Indian-plum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Indian-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Flacourtia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Indian-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).

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.