Borneo Fruit Bat vs Indian-plum

Aethalops aequalis compared with Flacourtia jangomas

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Indian-plum is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Indian-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Flacourtia
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Flacourtia jangomas

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Indian-plum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Indian-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia).

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.