Big-Leaf Maple vs Japanese Noctule

Acer macrophyllum compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Japanese Noctule
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sapindaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Acer	Nyctalus
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Japanese Noctule
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Japanese Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.