Big-eared Flying Fox vs Superb Cyanea

Pteropus macrotis compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cyaneidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Cyanea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Cyanea superba

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Superb Cyanea

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.