Great Flying Fox vs Pavement ant

Pteropus neohibernicus compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Great Flying Fox	Pavement ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Formicidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Tetramorium
Species	Pteropus neohibernicus	Tetramorium caespitum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Great Flying Fox	Pavement ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).