Big-eared Flying Fox vs Thatching grass

Pteropus macrotis compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Thatching grass
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)	Hyparrhenia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.