Big-eared Flying Fox vs southern bobtail squid

Pteropus macrotis compared with Euprymna tasmanica

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while southern bobtail squid is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	southern bobtail squid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sepiolidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Euprymna
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Euprymna tasmanica

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-eared Flying Fox and southern bobtail squid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

southern bobtail squid

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	southern bobtail squid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

southern bobtail squid

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.