Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Thinkadu

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Parashorea stellata

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Thinkadu is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Thinkadu
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)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Parashorea
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Parashorea stellata

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thinkadu

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Thinkadu
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.

Thinkadu

Habitat

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