Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Java plum

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Macroglossus	Syzygium
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Java plum
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 plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).