Goat's-beard vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Tragopogon	Macroglossus
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.