Borneo Fruit Bat vs Mountain yam

Aethalops aequalis compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Dioscorea
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.