Big-eared Flying Fox vs Katung Fa

Pteropus macrotis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-eared Flying Fox Katung Fa
Kingdom Animalia (สัตว์) Plantae (พืช)
Phylum Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม) Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order Chiroptera (ค้างคาว) Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Apocynaceae
Genus Pteropus (Flying Foxes) Alstonia
Species Pteropus macrotis Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-eared Flying Fox Katung Fa
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Big-eared Flying Fox

The Big-eared Flying Fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

No description available.

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