Uvita vs New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Syzygium cumini compared with Notopteris neocaledonicus

Key Differences

• Uvita is Least Concern while New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Uvita	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Myrtaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Syzygium	Notopteris
Species	Syzygium cumini	Notopteris neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

Uvita

LC — Least Concern

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Uvita	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Uvita

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.