Big-eared Flying Fox vs Dromedary Camel

Pteropus macrotis compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Big-eared Flying Fox is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Flying Fox	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class same	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)	Artiodactyla (อันดับสัตว์กีบคู่)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Pteropus macrotis	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-eared Flying Fox and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)

Conservation Status

Big-eared Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Flying Fox	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

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.

Dromedary Camel

The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.