Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Prickly Heath

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Gaultheria
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.