Big-eared Flying Fox vs Tiny Fern-Moss

Pteropus macrotis compared with Fissidens exiguus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Tiny Fern-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Tiny Fern-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Fissidens
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Fissidens exiguus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Tiny Fern-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Tiny Fern-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny Fern-Moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States.

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.