Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Stinking chamomile

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Anthemis cotula

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Stinking chamomile is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Stinking chamomile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cynopterus	Anthemis
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Anthemis cotula

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking chamomile

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Stinking chamomile
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.

Stinking chamomile

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, India), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.