Big-eared Flying Fox vs Soapberry

Pteropus macrotis compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Sapindus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.