Big-eared Flying Fox vs Mountain yam

Pteropus macrotis compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Dioscorea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.