Madagascan fruit bat vs Silkrubber

Eidolon dupreanum compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Madagascan fruit bat	Silkrubber
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)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Eidolon	Funtumia
Species	Eidolon dupreanum	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.