Big-eared Flying Fox vs Year Bean

Pteropus macrotis compared with Phaseolus dumosus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Year Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Phaseolus
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Phaseolus dumosus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Year Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Year Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.