Ear tree vs Madagascan flying fox

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Pteropus rufus

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Madagascan flying fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Madagascan flying fox
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	Enterolobium	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Pteropus rufus

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Madagascan flying fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Madagascan flying fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Madagascan flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.