Big-eared Flying Fox vs Snow Protea

Pteropus macrotis compared with Protea cryophila

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Snow Protea is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Snow Protea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Protea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Protea cryophila

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Snow Protea

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Snow Protea

Habitat

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

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.