Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Keeled wormseed

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Dysphania carinata

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Keeled wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Keeled wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Dysphania
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Dysphania carinata

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Keeled wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Keeled wormseed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Keeled wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (India, Saudi Arabia), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).