Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Thrips

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Aptinothrips stylifer

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Thrips
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	Aptinothrips
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Aptinothrips stylifer

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.