Borneo Fruit Bat vs Yellow ginger

Aethalops aequalis compared with Hedychium flavescens

Key Differences

• Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Yellow ginger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Borneo Fruit Bat	Yellow ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Aethalops	Hedychium
Species	Aethalops aequalis	Hedychium flavescens

Conservation Status

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Borneo Fruit Bat	Yellow ginger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Vietnam), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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.