Big-eared Flying Fox vs Shoebutton

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Primulaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ardisia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).

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.