Borneo Fruit Bat vs Sweetpotato

Aethalops aequalis compared with Ipomoea batatas

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Sweetpotato is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Sweetpotato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Ipomoea
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Ipomoea batatas

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sweetpotato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Sweetpotato
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetpotato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), 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.