Big-eared Flying Fox vs Mango

Pteropus macrotis compared with Mangifera indica

Key Differences

  • Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Mango is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-eared Flying Fox Mango
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Anacardiaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Mangifera
Species Pteropus macrotis Mangifera indica

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Mango

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-eared Flying Fox Mango
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mango

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Portugal, United Kingdom), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.

Mango

No description available.

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