Big-eared Flying Fox vs Prostrate wild petunia

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ruellia prostrata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Prostrate wild petunia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Prostrate wild petunia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ruellia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ruellia prostrata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Prostrate wild petunia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Prostrate wild petunia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prostrate wild petunia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (4 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.