Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Hooked Dock

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Rumex brownii

Key Differences

• Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Hooked Dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Hooked Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Macroglossus	Rumex
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Rumex brownii

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hooked Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Hooked Dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hooked Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).