Big-eared Flying Fox vs Wandflower

Pteropus macrotis compared with Sparaxis tricolor

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Wandflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Iridaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Sparaxis
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Sparaxis tricolor

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Wandflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wandflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, Taiwan, 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.