vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Echinoderma hystrix compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• is Vulnerable while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Echinoderma	Macroglossus
Species	Echinoderma hystrix	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.