Big-eared Flying Fox vs Japanese Bindweed

Pteropus macrotis compared with Calystegia pubescens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Japanese Bindweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Calystegia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Calystegia pubescens

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Bindweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Japanese Bindweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.