Borneo Fruit Bat vs Lemon grass

Aethalops aequalis compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Lemon grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Lemon grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Aethalops	Cymbopogon
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Lemon grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

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.