Big-eared Flying Fox vs Timor Mountain Gum

Pteropus macrotis compared with Eucalyptus urophylla

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Timor Mountain Gum is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Timor Mountain Gum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Eucalyptus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Eucalyptus urophylla

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Timor Mountain Gum

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Timor Mountain Gum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Timor Mountain Gum

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Congo (Republic). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.