Big-eared Flying Fox vs red dahlia

Pteropus macrotis compared with Dahlia coccinea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	red dahlia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Dahlia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Dahlia coccinea

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

red dahlia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red dahlia

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Brazil, India, Portugal, and Taiwan.

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.