Fruit Fly vs Great Flying Fox

Urophora cardui compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fruit Fly	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tephritidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Urophora	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Urophora cardui	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fruit Fly and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fruit Fly

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fruit Fly	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fruit Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.