Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Spring Sowbread

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Cyclamen repandum

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Spring Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Spring Sowbread
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)	Primulaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Cyclamen
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Cyclamen repandum

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spring Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Spring Sowbread
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.

Spring Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.