Greater Mascarene flying fox vs Sieva bean

Pteropus niger compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Greater Mascarene flying fox is Endangered while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Mascarene flying fox	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Chiroptera (翼手目)	Fabales (豆目)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Phaseolus
Species	Pteropus niger	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Greater Mascarene flying fox

EN — Endangered

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Mascarene flying fox	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Mascarene flying fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).