Big-eared Flying Fox vs Native Walnut

Pteropus macrotis compared with Endiandra limnophila

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Native Walnut is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Native Walnut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lauraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Endiandra
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Endiandra limnophila

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Native Walnut

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Native Walnut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Native Walnut

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.