Big-eared Flying Fox vs Keruing

Pteropus macrotis compared with Dipterocarpus eurhynchus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Keruing is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Keruing
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Dipterocarpus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Dipterocarpus eurhynchus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Keruing

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Keruing

Habitat

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

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.