Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Keruing

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Dipterocarpus eurhynchus

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Keruing is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Keruing
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Dipterocarpus
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Dipterocarpus eurhynchus

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Keruing

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Keruing
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.

Keruing

Habitat

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