Big-eared Flying Fox vs Stringwood

Pteropus macrotis compared with Acalypha rubrinervis

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Stringwood is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Stringwood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Acalypha
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Acalypha rubrinervis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Stringwood

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stringwood

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.