cow-itch vs Madagascan fruit bat

Mucuna pruriens compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• cow-itch is Not Evaluated while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cow-itch	Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Fabaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Mucuna	Eidolon
Species	Mucuna pruriens	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cow-itch	Madagascan fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.