East African little collared fruit bat vs Eleven-O'Clock

Myonycteris relicta compared with Portulaca grandiflora

Key Differences

• East African little collared fruit bat is Vulnerable while Eleven-O'Clock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	East African little collared fruit bat	Eleven-O'Clock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Portulacaceae
Genus	Myonycteris	Portulaca
Species	Myonycteris relicta	Portulaca grandiflora

Conservation Status

East African little collared fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Eleven-O'Clock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	East African little collared fruit bat	Eleven-O'Clock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

East African little collared fruit bat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Eleven-O'Clock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).