Madagascan fruit bat vs Sieva bean

Eidolon dupreanum compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Madagascan fruit bat	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Eidolon	Phaseolus
Species	Eidolon dupreanum	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).