Borneo Fruit Bat vs Downy Safflower

Aethalops aequalis compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Aethalops	Carthamus
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Borneo Fruit Bat

The Borneo Fruit Bat (Aethalops aequalis) is a species in the genus Aethalops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.