Borneo Fruit Bat vs Gillet's cherry-orange

Aethalops aequalis compared with Citropsis gilletiana

Key Differences

  • Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Gillet's cherry-orange is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Borneo Fruit Bat Gillet's cherry-orange
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Rutaceae
Genus Aethalops Citropsis
Species Aethalops aequalis Citropsis gilletiana

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Gillet's cherry-orange

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Borneo Fruit Bat Gillet's cherry-orange
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gillet's cherry-orange

Habitat

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

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.

Gillet's cherry-orange

No description available.

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