Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Silver Lime

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Tilia tomentosa

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Silver Lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Silver Lime
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	Tilia
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Tilia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silver Lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Silver Lime
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.

Silver Lime

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).