Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Mastic Thyme

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Thymus mastichina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Mastic Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Thymus
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Mastic Thyme
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.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

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