Big-eared Flying Fox vs Red ash

Pteropus macrotis compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Alphitonia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

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.