Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Thrip

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Thrip
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Thripidae
Genus	Macroglossus	Hercinothrips
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Evolutionary Relationship

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat and Thrip share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).