Bird's Eye vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bird's Eye Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Sapindaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Alectryon Cynopterus
Species Alectryon subcinereus Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bird's Eye Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

No description available.

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