Palawan Fruit Bat vs water dock

Acerodon leucotis compared with Rumex hydrolapathum

Key Differences

• Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable while water dock is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Palawan Fruit Bat	water dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Rumex
Species	Acerodon leucotis	Rumex hydrolapathum

Conservation Status

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

water dock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Palawan Fruit Bat	water dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Palawan Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

water dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Japan) and Europe (5 countries).