Big-eared Flying Fox vs Sugar Apple

Pteropus macrotis compared with Annona mucosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Sugar Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Annonaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Annona
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Annona mucosa

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Sugar Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sugar Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bolivia, Brazil, and 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.