Big-eared Flying Fox vs Thinkadu

Pteropus macrotis compared with Parashorea stellata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Thinkadu is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Thinkadu
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Parashorea
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Parashorea stellata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Thinkadu

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thinkadu

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.