vs Madagascan fruit bat

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Limnothrix	Eidolon
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Madagascan fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.