Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Java-bean

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Senna obtusifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Java-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Macroglossus	Senna
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Senna obtusifolia

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Java-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Java-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java-bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).