Big-eared Flying Fox vs lowland rotala

Pteropus macrotis compared with Rotala ramosior

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	lowland rotala
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)	Lythraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Rotala
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Rotala ramosior

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

lowland rotala

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lowland rotala

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Greece, Italy), North America (Canada), 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.