East African little collared fruit bat vs Thinkadu

Myonycteris relicta compared with Parashorea stellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	East African little collared fruit bat	Thinkadu
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Myonycteris	Parashorea
Species	Myonycteris relicta	Parashorea stellata

Conservation Status

East African little collared fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Thinkadu

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	East African little collared fruit bat	Thinkadu
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.

Thinkadu

Habitat

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