Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs Winged false buttonweed

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Spermacoce alata

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Winged false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Winged false buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Spermacoce
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Spermacoce alata

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Winged false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Winged false buttonweed
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.

Winged false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).