Leschenault's rousette vs arruda-amarela

Rousettus leschenaultii compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Leschenault's rousette is Near Threatened while arruda-amarela is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leschenault's rousette	arruda-amarela
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Rousettus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Rousettus leschenaultii	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Leschenault's rousette

NT — Near Threatened

arruda-amarela

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leschenault's rousette	arruda-amarela
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leschenault's rousette

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

arruda-amarela

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.