Big-eared Flying Fox vs Jackfruit

Pteropus macrotis compared with Artocarpus heterophyllus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Jackfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Moraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Artocarpus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Artocarpus heterophyllus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Jackfruit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jackfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.