Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat vs slender thistle

Alionycteris paucidentata compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat is Least Concern while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alionycteris	Carduus
Species	Alionycteris paucidentata	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.