Borneo Fruit Bat vs Elephant Apple

Aethalops aequalis compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Dillenia
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.