Borneo Fruit Bat vs Thatch Palm

Aethalops aequalis compared with Coccothrinax inaguensis

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Thatch Palm is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Thatch Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Coccothrinax
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Coccothrinax inaguensis

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thatch Palm

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Thatch Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatch Palm

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.