Big-eared Flying Fox vs Worm-rooted Buttercup

Pteropus macrotis compared with Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Worm-rooted Buttercup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Ranunculus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Worm-rooted Buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Worm-rooted Buttercup

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.