Borneo Fruit Bat vs Fern Palm

Aethalops aequalis compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Cycas
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.