Black-eared flying fox vs midnight-lady

Pteropus melanotus compared with Harrisia pomanensis

Key Differences

• Black-eared flying fox is Vulnerable while midnight-lady is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-eared flying fox	midnight-lady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Harrisia
Species	Pteropus melanotus	Harrisia pomanensis

Conservation Status

Black-eared flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

midnight-lady

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-eared flying fox	midnight-lady
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

midnight-lady

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Namibia, and South Africa.

Black-eared flying fox

The Black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.