Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs 'Ihi

Acerodon jubatus compared with Oxalis corniculata

Key Differences

  • Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while 'Ihi is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Golden-capped Fruit Bat 'Ihi
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Oxalidaceae
Genus Acerodon Oxalis
Species Acerodon jubatus Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Golden-capped Fruit Bat 'Ihi
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

No description available.

'Ihi

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia