Bulmer's Fruit Bat vs Ceylon gooseberry

Aproteles bulmerae compared with Dovyalis hebecarpa

Key Differences

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat is Critically Endangered while Ceylon gooseberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ceylon gooseberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Aproteles	Dovyalis
Species	Aproteles bulmerae	Dovyalis hebecarpa

Conservation Status

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Ceylon gooseberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bulmer's Fruit Bat	Ceylon gooseberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon gooseberry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, and United States.

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

The Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a species in the genus Aproteles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ceylon gooseberry

The Ceylon Gooseberry (Dovyalis hebecarpa) is a species in the genus Dovyalis. Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Taiwan, and United States.