False Serotine Bat vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Hesperoptenus doriae compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Serotine Bat	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Chiroptera (Bats)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hesperoptenus	Macroglossus
Species	Hesperoptenus doriae	Macroglossus sobrinus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Serotine Bat and Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Chiroptera. (Bats)

Conservation Status

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.