Big-eared Flying Fox vs Sunolgrass

Pteropus macrotis compared with Phalaris coerulescens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Sunolgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Phalaris
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Phalaris coerulescens

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Sunolgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sunolgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.