Big-eared Flying Fox vs Whitelady

Pteropus macrotis compared with Thunbergia fragrans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Whitelady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Thunbergia
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Thunbergia fragrans

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Whitelady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitelady

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).

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.