Big-eared Flying Fox vs Milky Box

Pteropus macrotis compared with Lophostemon lactifluus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Milky Box
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)	Lophostemon
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Lophostemon lactifluus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Milky Box

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Milky Box

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.