Big-eared Flying Fox vs Lemon beebrush

Pteropus macrotis compared with Aloysia citrodora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Lemon beebrush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Aloysia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Aloysia citrodora

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Lemon beebrush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon beebrush

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Rwanda, South Africa), Asia (India), Europe (Greece, Italy), North America (Cuba, United States), 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.