Big-eared Flying Fox vs Large-leaved Myrtle

Pteropus macrotis compared with Eugenia erythrophylla

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Large-leaved Myrtle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Large-leaved Myrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Eugenia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Eugenia erythrophylla

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Large-leaved Myrtle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Large-leaved Myrtle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Large-leaved Myrtle

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.