Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Phalsa

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Grewia asiatica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Phalsa
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)	Malvaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Grewia
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Grewia asiatica

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Phalsa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Phalsa
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.

Phalsa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Seychelles, Taiwan, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan