Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Soapberry

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Soapberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Macroglossus	Sapindus
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).