Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs wormseed

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Artemisia maritima

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while wormseed is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)	Asterales (อันดับทานตะวัน)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cynopterus	Artemisia
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Artemisia maritima

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

wormseed

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	wormseed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

wormseed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.