Big-eared Flying Fox vs Pinwheelflower

Pteropus macrotis compared with Tabernaemontana divaricata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Pinwheelflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Tabernaemontana
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Tabernaemontana divaricata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Pinwheelflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pinwheelflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.