Palawan Fruit Bat vs Whitelady

Acerodon leucotis compared with Thunbergia fragrans

Key Differences

• Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable while Whitelady is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Palawan Fruit Bat	Whitelady
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Thunbergia
Species	Acerodon leucotis	Thunbergia fragrans

Conservation Status

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Whitelady

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Palawan Fruit Bat	Whitelady
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Palawan Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitelady

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).